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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 05, 1997
Youichi Takeuchi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Akihiko Yamazaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shuho Yokokawa, Mito, JP;
Kunitomo Takahashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Isao Nakajima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Shimojima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shinya Yamazaki, Mito, JP;
Tomomichi Kawashima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic apparatus is provided in which toner stick hardly occurs by improving the cooling effect on the strip of paper sheets after they are heat-fixed. This electrophotographic apparatus includes a fixing unit for heating toner transferred on a continuous strip of paper sheets and fixing the toner, and a folding unit for supplying a folding force to the continuous strip of paper sheets. A conveyer unit is arranged in the back stage of the electrophotographic apparatus for transferring the continuous strip of paper sheets, received from folding unit, in the horizontal direction.