Patent ID: 9069297
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A heating apparatus, comprising: a housing; a heating element within the housing, the heating element for regularly generating heat at a first temperature; a moving member having an inner surface contacting the heating element and an outer surface; and a lubricant dispenser associated with the housing in proximity with the heating element for dispensing a lubricant component to the moving member, the dispenser including: wherein the heating element is controllable by a controller for activating the heating element to generate heat at the first temperature during a fusing operation, and to generate heat at at least one second temperature greater than the first temperature to cause the lubricant component to dispense from the lubricant dispenser during a lubricant dispensing operation, the lubricant dispenser not dispensing the lubricant component during the fusing operation.