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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Kakehito Kobayashi, Nirasaki, JP;
Kenichi Yui, Koufu, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Abstract
An overcoat fixing device of the application fixes a coat film on a front surface of a recording medium by heating. The overcoat fixing device is formed of a transferring device for transferring the recording medium along a transferring path, a fixing device provided in the transferring path and fixing the coat film to the recording medium, and a pressing device provided in the transferring path away from the fixing device and pressing one surface of the recording medium on which the coat film is fixed. The pressing device presses the recording medium with the coat film sent from the fixing device by the transferring device for a predetermined time while stopping at a predetermined position. Accordingly, bending of the recording medium can be corrected.