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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:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kensaku Kusaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Hosoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Maruta, Hachiohji, JP;
Akira Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355285 ; 219216 ; 355290 ;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a film movable while being in contact with a recording material carrying a toner image, wherein the toner image is heated by heat from the heater through the film; wherein the film and the recording material are separated when a temperature of the toner image is lower than a maximum temperature provided by the heater and is higher than a glass transition point of the toner.