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Patent No.:

US 8699933 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2010

Fixation device, image forming apparatus, and fixation fluid storage container

Applicants:

Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;

Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;

Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;

Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;

Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;

Shigeo Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;

Fuminari Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

David Gray

Assistant Examiner:

Francis Gray

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is, for example, a fixation device of fixing a resin-containing fine particle, the fixation device being configured to foam a fixation fluid including at least a softening agent configured to dissolve or swell at least one portion of a resin to soften the resin-containing fine particle including a resin, a foaming agent, and water, and to provide a foamed fixation fluid to the resin-containing fine particle, the fixation device including a first storage part configured to contain a softening agent fluid including at least the softening agent, a second storage part configured to contain a foaming agent fluid including at least the foaming agent, and a mixed foamed fixation fluid producing part configured to mix and foam both fluids contained in independent states in the storage parts to produce the foamed fixation fluid.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Katano, Yasuo. (2014). Fixation device, image forming apparatus, and fixation fluid storage container (U.S. Patent No. 8699933). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8699933

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