Patent · US Expired

Process and apparatus for fixing toner with heat and a fixing agent

US4132882A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 1976
Grant dateJan 2, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 28, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2064
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Toner images are fixed by selectively elevating the temperature of the toner image portions and supplying a fixing agent to the toner image portions at the elevated temperature by utilizing the temperature difference between the toner image portions and the non-image portions.

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