Intermediary transfer apparatus, fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus
US7127202B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/1695
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An intermediary transfer apparatus for transferring an unfixed image from an intermediary transfer member to a recording medium is disclosed. The intermediary transfer apparatus includes a heating unit for selectively heating a prescribed portion of the intermediary transfer member on which the unfixed image is situated, in a width direction of the intermediary transfer member, the width direction of the intermediary transfer member perpendicularly intersecting the direction in which the unfixed image is conveyed.
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