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Color image forming apparatus

US5239348A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1991
Grant dateAug 24, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/20
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A color image forming apparatus including an image carrying member on which a toner image is formed, a transferring device to transfer the toner image onto a recording sheet, a conveyer to convey the sheet on which the toner image has been transferred, a fixing device to fix the toner image on the sheet and a storage device to store the transfer sheet which has been fixed once by the fixing device. The storage device can feed the stored transfer sheet to the fixing device in order for it to be fixed a second time, and can be detachably mounted to the apparatus.

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