Patent · US Expired

Flash fixing device and a printing device using the flash fixing device

US6813465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateDec 4, 2002
Grant dateNov 2, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/201
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A new flash fixing device configured to fix a toner image by a flash light is presented. This flash fixing device includes a plurality of flash lamps arranged parallel to each other, and a reflection board including a plurality of side part reflection surfaces each facing from a side to the respective flash lamps. In a case where a surface including two central axes of the two flash lamps arranged one at each end is defined as a standard surface, an acute angle against the standard surface is set to be decreased as the side part reflection surface is positioned closer to a center of the arrangement of the plurality of the flash lamps.

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