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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenobu Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Yaginuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Tomono, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenobu Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Yaginuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed fixing device includes a fixer application unit configured to apply a fixer containing a softener, capable of softening resin by dissolving or swelling at least a part of the resin, and water to resin particles formed on a recording medium such that the resin particles are fixed on the recording medium. The fixing unit may further include an anti-tack agent application unit configured to apply a liquid anti-tack agent immiscible with the softener to surfaces of the resin particles that are mixed with the softener by the application of the fixer containing the softener.