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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Masashi Kougami, Saitama, JP;
Toshio Shida, Higashiyamato, JP;
Masashi Kougami, Saitama, JP;
Toshio Shida, Higashiyamato, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet moisturizing device, including: paired moisturizing rollers which form a nipping section to apply water onto a sheet when the sheet is conveyed through the nipping section; two water supplying rollers, each being in pressure contact to each of paired moisturizing rollers respectively; and two water supplying tanks, each arranged to face one of the water supplying rollers, wherein each of the two water supplying tanks is structured of a first tank which supplies water to the water supplying roller, and a second tank which is formed around the first tank and accommodates the water overflowed from the first tank.