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Image fixing apparatus

US5118920A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 1990
Grant dateJun 2, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2010

Classification

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

Abstract

An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a film movable together with a recording material in contact with the heater, wherein a visualized image on the recording material is heat-fixed by heat from the heater through the film; a driver for driving the film; wherein the driver stops the film after power supply to the heater is stopped.

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