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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Yoshihisa Kitano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiharu Enomae, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihisa Kitano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiharu Enomae, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming method, which includes transferring an image of toner on an image carrying member to a recording medium, and fixing the image transferred to the recording medium, includes: smoothening a surface of the image transferred to the recording medium; and penetrating the image into the recording medium without contact on the surface of the image on the recording medium. The penetrating is a final process of the fixing.