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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuya Kitamura, Gifu, JP;
Tomoaki Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 55 ; 347102 ; 347103 ;
Abstract
When a toner image formed on the belt is transported to the transport path of the image recording medium, the image recording medium is caused to abut the belt by the rollers and so that the toner image on the belt is transferred to the image recording medium. Also, the belt heated by the heat roller heats the image recording medium and thermally fixes the toner image to the image recording medium. Thus, thermal fixation is simultaneously achieved with transfer of the image to the image recording medium.