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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Kazunobu Shima, Wakayama, JP;
Masazumi Ishikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuo Nagaosa, Wakayama, JP;
Masaki Nakamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Masanori Inoshita, Wakayama, JP;
Masasuke Funase, Wakayama, JP;
Toshihiro Matsuoka, Wakayama, JP;
Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Kazunobu Shima, Wakayama, JP;
Masazumi Ishikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuo Nagaosa, Wakayama, JP;
Masaki Nakamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Masanori Inoshita, Wakayama, JP;
Masasuke Funase, Wakayama, JP;
Toshihiro Matsuoka, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A heat fixing apparatus has a heating unit for heating a recording medium having a substrate, a fixing layer and a surface layer so as to sublimate sublimating ink applied in advance to the surface layer for transferring the sublimated ink to the fixing layer. The heating unit includes a heating transporting mechanism for transporting the recording medium within a heating space, a heater body for heating air, and a blower mechanism for supplying hot air heated by the heater body to the recording medium being transported by the heating transporting mechanism. The apparatus further includes a flat guide member for coming into contact with the surface of the recording medium being transported by the heating transporting mechanism and a heater for heating the guide member.