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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Hiromitsu Fukuda, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hidefumi Ohtsuka, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Shuho Yokokawa, Mito, JP;
Isao Nakajima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoji Hirose, Mito, JP;
Akihiko Yamazaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heating belt is laid along a conveying path for a recording medium moved after development, a halogen lamp is incorporated in a belt drive roller for driving the heating belt so as to heat the heating belt by heat generated by the halogen lamp, and accordingly, the heating belt whose temperature is controlled at a predetermined temperature heats the recording sheet. With this arrangement, the conveying speed of the recording sheet and the moving speed of the heating belt are set to be equal to each other. Alternatively, the heating belt may itself generate heat.