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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:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Derimiggio, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355282 ; 219216 ; 355271 ;
Abstract
Fixing method and apparatus for producing high quality fixed images includes mechanisms for transferring unfused toner particles images from an image bearing member to a transparent intermediate fixing member, for fusing the transferred images to the intermediate fixing member by irradiation, for laminating a registerd receiver or copy sheet of paper to the intermediate fixing member over the fused images thereby sandwiching such fused images therebetween, and for chilling the laminate in order to effect transfer-fixing of fused images from the intermediate fixing member onto the receiver or copy sheet of paper.