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FIXING DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE

  • US 20140064755A1
  • Filed: 08/29/2013
  • Published: 03/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fixing device comprising:

  • a fixing device including a pair of rotatable members which form a nip therebetween to fix a toner image on a sheet;

    a reciprocating mechanism, including a motor, configured to reciprocate said fixing device within a predetermined range by moving the fixing device in a longitudinal direction thereof for each passages of a predetermined number of sheets through the nip; and

    a controller configured to control said motor so that a drive time of said motor per the predetermined number of the sheets is longer in a first range including a point at which a moving direction of said fixing device reverses than in a second range in which the moving direction of said fixing device does not reverse.

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