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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. 03, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takayuki Yamashita, Nakai-Machi, JP;
Tsukasa Matsuda, Nakai-Machi, JP;
Yuichi Fukuda, Nakai-Machi, JP;
Tetsuo Yamada, Nakai-Machi, JP;
Yoshihisa Kitano, Nakai-Machi, JP;
Kazuhiko Arai, Nakai-Machi, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox, Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399322 ; 399307 ; 399406 ; 430124 ; 430126 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus heats and presses a toner image retaining medium, with a toner image being formed thereon, and a sheet of print paper in face-contact with each other so that the toner image is transferred and simultaneously fixed onto the print paper, and rectifies the curling of the face-contact medium and paper during the heat-pressing process, thereby attaining a high print quality without creases on the paper which would otherwise emerge due to the heat-pressing process.