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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Masashi Kougami, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masashi Kougami, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/08 (2006.01); B05C 11/00 (2006.01); B41L 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet moistening device comprises a pair of moistening rollers which respectively have porous layers and form a nip to convey a sheet, and a dampening mechanism which supplies water to at least one of the pair of moistening rollers through a surface thereof. In the sheet moistening device, a roller surface hardness differs between the pair of moistening rollers. In addition, the sheet moistening device can further comprise a regulating device which regulates an amount of water to be supplied from the dampening mechanism to the moistening roller.