ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,109, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus to control electric power" was invented by Ken Oi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, a control unit, and feeding units. The fixing device includes a tubular fixing film, a fixing heater disposed in a space inside the fixing film and configured to generate heat when electricity is supplied from a commercial power supply, and a pressing roller. The fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a paper sheet to the paper sheet by nipping and transporting the paper sheet at a fixing nip. The control u...