Heating apparatus
US6324376A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03D13/002
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A heating apparatus which forms an image by heating a sheet-form material carrying image data. The heating apparatus comprises a heater, which is disposed at an axial center portion of the sheet-form material, for directly heating the sheet-form material to a temperature suitable for heat developing processing, and rings or a cylinder for rotating and allowing the sheet-form material to be exposed to the heater. The sheet-form material can be rotated on either an inner or outer surface of the rings or an inner surface of the cylinder. In addition, a plurality of rings can be used which correspond to differing widths of sheet-form material.
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