Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Patent
1997-04-10
1998-09-15
Grimley, Arthur T.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
347156, 361225, 399306, 399400, 430124, G03G 1520
Patent
active
058093885
ABSTRACT:
In an image forming apparatus, a fixing device fixes a toner image transferred to a sheet, but held in an unstable state, temporarily on the sheet by a Johnson Rahbeck effect. The fixed image firmly adhere to the sheet and is free from disturbance or suffers from a minimum of disturbance.
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Ikeda Itsuo
Inada Toshio
Iwai Sadayuki
Kurotori Tsuneo
Takeda Yusuke
Chen Sophia S.
Grimley Arthur T.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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