Patent · US Expired

Heat-fixing device

US4080158A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1977
Grant dateMar 21, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2007
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a heat-fixing device for fixing a member to be fixed as it is conveyed on a conveyance path provided with a heat source, there is provided suction means having a suction port adjacent to the conveyance path. The suction means is operable to draw the member to be fixed as it is conveyed.

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