Image forming apparatus and fixing device therefor
US5809388A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2077
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a fixing device fixes a toner image transferred to a sheet, but held in an unstable state, temporarily on the sheet by a Johnson Rahbeck effect. The fixed image firmly adhere to the sheet and is free from disturbance or suffers from a minimum of disturbance.
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