Fixing method, a fixing apparatus, an image formation method, and an image formation apparatus
US7590376B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2032
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An energy-saving fixing apparatus for use in image formation apparatuses such as a copying machine is disclosed.A recording medium is sandwiched by a pair of belts, having belt tension between 0.001 and 5.4N/mm, for a period between 50 and 1000 ms. The recording medium is pressurized at pressure between 0.007 and 2.7 Ns/mm by a nip constituted by a heating roller and a pressurizing roller. The recording medium is conveyed with its toner image carrying side being adhered to one of the belts without being cooled.
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