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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1991
Kenichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to make an image forming apparatus using photopolymerization reaction small-sized, and the image forming apparatus is designed so that a supporting device for supporting a photosensitive image forming member used in a sheet fashion and having a polymerizable layer is shifted endlessly. Further, an exposure device for effecting the image exposure on the image forming member is disposed within a light-shield mechanism, and a whole image exposure device is also disposed within this lightshield mechanism. The image formation on the image forming member is effected by shifting the supporting device endlessly, by passing the image forming member through the exposure device at least two times, by effecting the image exposure by the exposure device, by effecting the heating by a heating device and by effecting whole image exposure at a position of the exposure device.