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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1990
Filed:
May. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nagao Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355272 ; 219216 ; 219 1057 ; 355282 ; 355285 ;
Abstract
A printer used as an electronic copying machine or a non-impact page printer. Toner is attracted to a latent image by using a laser beam or the like, and the toner image is transferred to a recording medium for printing. The toner image is first temporarily fixed on an intermediate transfer medium, and then transferred to the recording medium and permanently fixed thereon. The temporary fixation and the permanent fixation of the toner image are carried out by heating the intermediate transfer medium. The intermediate transfer medium may be heated by an electromagnetic induction heating system.