Patent ID: 7427727
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A fixing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of exothermic bodies with a temperature detecting function which exothermic bodies generate heat with electric current and detect temperature; a heating unit that includes the exothermic bodies with the temperature detecting function; a film, a surface of which slides on the heating unit; a thermal fixing unit for heating and fusing a toner image by heat provided by the heating unit through the film at a predetermined fixing temperature, the toner image being yet-to-be-fixed and placed on a recording paper; a pressurization unit for pressing the recording paper to the thermal fixing unit; and a temperature control unit for controlling a temperature of each of the exothermic bodies to be a predetermined temperature based on the temperature of the corresponding exothermic body detected by the corresponding exothermic body with the temperature detecting function.