Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1994-03-08
1995-11-07
Braun, Fred L.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
G03G 1520
Patent
active
054651468
ABSTRACT:
A fixing device to be used in electrophotographic apparatus for providing a clear fixed image with no offset with use of no oil or the least amount of oil, wherein an endless fixing belt provided with a metal body having a release thin film thereon is stretched between a fixing roller having a elastic surface and a heating roller, a pressing roller is arranged to press the surface of the elastic fixing roller upwardly from the lower side thereof through the fixing belt to form a nip portion between the fixing belt and the pressing roller, a guide plate for unfixed image carrying support member is provided underneath the fixing belt, between the heating roller and the nip portion, to form substantially a linear heating path between the guide plate and the fixing belt, and the metal body of the fixing belt has a heat capacity per cm.sup.2 within a range of 0.001 to 0.02 cal/.degree.C.
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Higashi Yuichiro
Ishikawa Youichi
Braun Fred L.
Nitto Kogyo Co. Ltd.
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