Fixing method and apparatus having a transfer-fixing chilling drum
US4992833A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 10, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2064
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Fixing method and apparatus for producing high quality fixed images includes mechanisms for transferring unfused toner particles images from an image bearing member to a transparent intermediate fixing member, for fusing the transferred images to the intermediate fixing member by irradiation, for laminating a registerd receiver or copy sheet of paper to the intermediate fixing member over the fused images thereby sandwiching such fused images therebetween, and for chilling the laminate in order to effect transfer-fixing of fused images from the intermediate fixing member onto the receiver or copy sheet of paper.
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