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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Takayuki Ishii, Nagano, JP;
Yoshitaka Shimada, Nagano, JP;
Takayuki Ishii, Nagano, JP;
Yoshitaka Shimada, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To prevent cockling occurring in a fixed material in a liquid fixing apparatus more effectively and make a paper gap small thereby to improve print quality. On a fixed material transporting surface, a through hole corresponding to a sucking hole is formed, further a recess functioning as a suction chamber is formed, and a through hole is formed in this recess. When intake is performed by the suction unit, and a fixed material is transported on a fixed material transporting surface, the fixed material is sucked and supported on the transporting surface. Sequentially, when the fixed material is fixed, cockling of the fixed material is sucked into the recess by the sucking hole of the suction chamber that is the recess, so that paper rising is prevented.