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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1989
Hiroshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nagao Ogiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus for and a method of recording an image in which a heat-developable light-sensitive material and an image-receiving material are superposed on each other and the superposed two materials are inserted between an outer periphery of a heating drum and an endless belt wound around a plurality of rollers and are wound around the outer periphery of the heating drum by pressing the two materials against the outer periphery of the heating drum by the endless belt, and the heating drum is rotated by being pressed by the endless belt, so as to heat develop the heat-developable light-sensitive material and allow an image formed by heat development to be transferred onto the image-receiving material. Between the outer periphery of the heating drum and one of the rollers located on the insertion side, a gap is provided between the endless belt and the outer periphery of the heating drum on a line connecting an axis of the heating drum and an axis of the roller around which the endless belt is wound, and the two materials are inserted between the heating drum and the endless belt through this gap. Accordingly, when the two materials are inserted, the two materials are smoothly brought into pressure contact with the outer periphery of the drum by means of the endless belt.