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Fixing device and image forming apparatus for holding a recording medium by electrostatic force

US7352987B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by
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20Claims
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Filing dateDec 12, 2003
Grant dateApr 1, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2032
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing device includes a pressure belt that holds a recording medium by electrostatic force and carries the recording medium. The recording medium has a toner image on a surface that is not in contact with the endless pressure belt. A fixing belt fixes the toner image on the recording medium that is held by the pressure belt.

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