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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Hitoshi Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Yasutomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Reki Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Yasutomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Reki Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disclosed gloss-providing sheet for providing high gloss to a toner image on a recording material by being placed on a toner image surface of the recording material, heated so as to fuse toner, and then separated from the recording material after the toner is cooled and solidified includes: a notification portion that changes a visual state thereof when a temperature of the gloss-providing sheet becomes equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature of the toner.