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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yutaka Kiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Numao, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayo Higashimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiko Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooling device cools a continuous resin film, which is transported and onto which a toner image is transferred, after the toner image is heated so that the toner image is fixed to the resin film. The resin film to which the toner image is fixed is cooled in such a manner that an image surface side of the resin film is convexly curved.