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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:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399333 ; 399321 ; 492 46 ; 492 56 ;
Abstract
To provide a hot roller type thermal fixation device, incorporated in an electrostatic recording apparatus, particularly suitable for the thermal fixation of a multicolor toner image, said apparatus comprising a plurality of electrostatic recording units arranged in series with each other, wherein the surface smoothness of a fixed toner image is maintained at a favorable level for a long period by providing an anti-abrasive treatment onto an elastomeric covering of the heating roller. An elastomeric covering (32b) is applied on the surface of a heating roller (32) of a hot roller type thermal fixation device (22), and an anti-abrasive covering (32c) is further applied on the elastomeric covering.