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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:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeki Oka, Toyohashi, JP;
Hirokatsu Shimada, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399321 ; 399 67 ; 399328 ; 219216 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first printing unit which forms a first image on a sheet with a first printing material and fixes the first image thereon by heat application; and a second printing unit which forms a second image with a second printing material on the sheet having the first image formed by the first printing unit, and fixes the second image thereon by heat application; the second printing material has a lower melting temperature than the first printing material and the second printing unit applies a lower temperature heat for fixation of the second image than the first printing unit.