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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Nishigaki, Odawara, JP;
Atsushi Sano, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masahiko Ijuin, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Kobayashi, Kawachi-machi, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus is disclosed in which, using a photosensitive member and a toner, an unfixed image of the toner is formed on a transfer medium and the unfixed image on the transfer medium is fixed by a heat-and-pressure fixing means. In the image-forming apparatus, a delivery guide member, which guides the delivery of the transfer medium and is placed close to the heat and pressure fixing means, has a value of triboelectric voltage not greater than 500 V as measured by the triboelectric voltage measuring method according to JIS L1094B.