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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyasu Amita, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyasu Amita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6585 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gloss applicator includes a belt to feed a recording material, including a substrate and a surface layer contacting a surface of the recording material an image is formed on; a heater to heat the belt; and a cooler to cool the belt. The surface layer is not an elastomer, the recording material is fed while the belt contacts the surface thereof, the belt heated by the heater heats the recording material, the belt cooled by the cooler cools the recording material, and the recording material is released from the belt.