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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Emi Hagiwara, Yokohama, JP;
Yasunori Chigono, Atsugi, JP;
Makoto Fukatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;
Shintaro Ishida, Toda, JP;
Shunichi Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Emi Hagiwara, Yokohama, JP;
Yasunori Chigono, Atsugi, JP;
Makoto Fukatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;
Shintaro Ishida, Toda, JP;
Shunichi Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A glossiness processing apparatus for glossiness treatment includes a first glossiness treatment unit; a second glossiness treatment unit provided downstream of the first glossiness treatment unit with respect to a feeding direction of a sheet; wherein each of the units including a film movable having a surface in contact with an image surface of the sheet while moving; a heating member contacted to another surface of the film, the heating member including a plurality of heat generating elements arranged along a direction substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of the film; a pressing member cooperating with the heating member to form a nip, with the film therebetween, for nipping and feeding the sheet; wherein positions of the heat generating elements are offset relative to positions of the heat generating elements of the first glossiness treatment unit.