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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1983
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Sakurai, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member for gripping and transporting a recording material to fix a material to be fixed having a predetermined electric polarity onto the recording material, the first rotatable member being positioned to be contacted with the face of the recording material bearing the material to be fixed, and the second rotatable member to be contacted with a back face of the recording material, and at least one of the first and second rotatable members having a surface applied with an electrification agent for generating electric charge through friction with recording material for formation of an electrical field for attaching the material to be fixed onto the recording material.