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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Kageyama, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Kageyama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2007 (2013.01); G03F 2215/209 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided a laser fixing device adapted to use of two types of light fixable toners having different light absorption characteristics, an image forming apparatus equipped with the laser fixing device, and an image forming method employing the image forming apparatus. A laser fixing device includes a laser light emitting section for emitting laser light and a wavelength conversion section for emitting outgoing light having a wavelength different from the one that incident laser light has.