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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Kazuya Nagao, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsurou Sasamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Inadome, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Nagao, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsurou Sasamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Inadome, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed fixing device applying a bubble-like fixing liquid to resin-containing particles adhered to a medium so that the resin-containing particles are fixed to the medium, the bubble-like fixing liquid being formed by transforming a fixing liquid into foam that dissolves or swells at least a part of the resin, includes a control device that, based on a difference between a moisture content included in the medium after fixing and a target value of the moisture content, adjusts an application amount of the fixing liquid for a next medium.