Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-27
2009-11-17
Gray, David M (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
C399S341000, C399S407000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07620355
ABSTRACT:
A fixing apparatus in which a sheet on which a toner image is fixed in a first heating portion is conveyed to a second heating portion through a first conveying path, the conveyed sheet is re-fixed in the second heating portion, and the re-fixed sheet is conveyed through a second conveying path having a curved guide surface. The first conveying path, the second heating portion, and the second conveying path are arranged from above downward in order of mention, and the sheet re-fixed in the second conveying path is allowed to pass so that a surface opposite to a surface on which the image is fixed moves along the guide surface.
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Ibe Ryuichi
Tamura Masashige
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Gray David M
Ready Bryan P
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