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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeru Kagayama, Owariasahi, JP;
Osamu Nagata, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399302 ; 347 55 ; 399298 ;
Abstract
In order to make a color image forming device compact in size, two color recording units are disposed in one side of an intermediate transfer body and another two color recording units are disposed in opposite side thereof. The two recording unit in each side are aligned vertically in close proximity to the intermediate transfer body which has a surface on which color toner image is deposited by the respective recording units. The toner image is then transferred onto and thermally fixed on an image recording medium.