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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masato Igarashi, Numazu, JP;
Toshiyuki Kawanishi, Numazu, JP;
Eiichi Kawamura, Numazu, JP;
Narihito Kojima, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162-5 ; 162-4 ; 118106 ; 118116 ;
Abstract
A method of recycling a copy sheet carrying a hydrophobic image thereon by impregnating the sheet with a water-containing separating liquid, causing the to image contact an image separating member, and heating the sheet for thereby transferring the image to the image separating member. The image separating member has a critical surface tension of 25 mN/m or above.