Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus employing heating and fixer fluid applying sections
- Patent Title (中): 使用加热定影液施加部的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11304657Application Date: 2005-12-16
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Publication No.: US07697877B2Publication Date: 2010-04-13
- Inventor: Kenji Asakura , Shinji Yamana , Yukikazu Kamei
- Applicant: Kenji Asakura , Shinji Yamana , Yukikazu Kamei
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JPP2004-366283 20041217; JPP2005-332022 20051116
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided in which a toner is prevented from flowing and being agglomerated, at the time of application of a fixer fluid to a toner image so as to fix the toner image to a recording medium, and the recording medium is prevented from generating curl and wrinkle, and consumption of the fixer fluid and electricity can be reduced, and even a multicolored toner image can be fixed for a relatively short time. An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming section, an intermediate transfer section, a secondary transfer section, a heating section, a fixer fluid applying section, and a recording medium supplying section. A recording medium carrying the toner image on a surface thereof is heated by the heating section and then, a fixer fluid is applied to the toner image by the fixer fluid applying section so that the toner image is fixed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060133863A1 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2006-06-22
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