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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1999
Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A fixing device for a wet type master sheet making apparatus for making a master sheet has a heated panel for fixing and drying a developed image on the master sheet while the master sheet moves on the panel, and a cleaning web placed between a surface of the panel and the master sheet to absorb extra developing liquid on the master sheet while the master sheet moves on the panel. The fixing device has web winding means for winding the web to move the web along the surface of the panel, and actuating means for selectively actuating the winding means by one of manual and electrical operations. Therefore, the user can easily and quickly tension the cleaning web to make the cleaning web tightly contact the surface of the panel by manually actuating the winding means when the cleaning web is replaced.