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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7321747 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same A fixing device that applies heat energy to a recording medium having a toner image formed thereon to fix the toner image includes a flash fixing part that includes a flash lamp disposed in non-contact with the recording medium and applies heat energy to the toner i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305198 | Printing system A printing system includes a plurality of marking engines for applying images to print media. An output destination is configured for receiving imaged print media from the plurality of marking engines. A print media transport system conveys print media between the m... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7254363 | Image-forming process and image-forming apparatus using flash fusing An image-forming process for forming a full-color image including: forming a full-color toner image by supplying at least a cyan toner, a magenta toner, and a yellow toner onto a recording medium; and fixing the toner image on the recording medium by flash fusing, w... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7043186 | Fixing station and method for the uniform fixing of toner images on a carrier material with the aid of a movable covering device A fixing station and a method for fixing toner images on a carrier material. The fixing station has an arrangement for moving a carrier material in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction, a heat radiation source, which heats the car... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6385410 | Fixing apparatus using a thin-sleeve roller which achieves a good fixing result while suppressing electric power consumption A fixing apparatus using a thin-sleeve roller is provided which gives a good fixing result while suppressing electric power consumption. The fixing apparatus includes a hollow cylindrical heating roller, a heat source positioned inside the heating roller,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6243546 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a document scanning unit which can be shifted while illuminating an original and which is shifted backwardly at a speed faster than a speed when said document scanning unit is shifted forwardly to scan the original, and a co... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6130408 | Recording apparatus with conveyed recording sheet heated by movable heater A heating belt is laid along a conveying path for a recording medium moved after development, a halogen lamp is incorporated in a belt drive roller for driving the heating belt so as to heat the heating belt by heat generated by the halogen lamp, and acco... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6085060 | Fixing station for fixing toner images on a carrier material with a moveable flap device A fixing station for fixing toner images on a carrier material is provided in a printer or copier. A flap or shutter mechanism having a plurality of flaps or shutters that are pivotable into an open and into a closed position are arranged between a heat r... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5930551 | Printing system alleviating timing problems due to warm-up and paper outage According to a first aspect of the invention, when a printer runs out of printing media while printing data supplied by a host computer on a series of pages, after being resupplied with printing media, the printer waits for the host computer to resume the... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5835836 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is constructed to include a first fixing unit fixing a toner image transferred on a first side of a recording medium by a flash, a second fixing unit fixing a toner image transferred on a second side of the recording medium by a... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5475788 | Radiation fixing device with natural convection airflow A radiation fixing device for fixing a powder image on a sheet with the aid of heat-radiating lamellae which extend on both sides of a horizontal sheet conveyor path, the heat-radiating lamellae being situated in a housing having slot-shaped openings thro... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5038179 | Method for fixing a powdered developer deposited on a sheet, and apparatus for fixing the developer by this method The invention relates to a method and an apparatus with which a powdered developer deposited onto a sheet of paper can be fixed. The method comprises moving the sheet in such a manner that its leading edge (BV) comes to face a source (47) integral with a ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4928147 | Printers with simplex and duplex cut sheet fusing Image defining toner is transferred to cut sheets and fused at one of two fuser stations. One station is positioned to fuse the image on one side when duplex copying or printing is selected. The other fuser station performs fusing when simplex copying is ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4862225 | Power supply sequencing circuit for flash fuser A fusing system for a xerographic printer in which the energy from a plurality of flash lamps is used to melt and fuse toner particles to paper sheets as said sheets travel through the fusing station. Each flash lamp has an associated storage capacitor an... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4821052 | Flash fusing apparatus for reducing occurrence of spots on recording paper A flash lamp apparatus for reducing occurrence of spots on a recording paper wherein an overlapping portion formed between two adjacent fusing areas of the recording paper receives a first flash and a second flash from a flash lamp so as to heat and fuse ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4782362 | Recording apparatus having a flash fusing apparatus The timing signal generated by the paper sending-out roller or the paper detector outputs a signal with synchronously the paper sending-out cycle. The flash lamp photoflashes with synchronously the output signal. The photoflash is generated in accordance ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4444487 | Multiple-flash fuser Flash fusing apparatus for fixing toner images to copy substrates. The apparatus is characterized by the provision of a power supply and control for a flash lamp which produces multiple flashes which are coupled to a discrete portion of a copy substrate. ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4386840 | Dual flash fuser reflector with alternating flash for power reduction A flash system for fusing or fixing thermoplastic resin such as toner onto an image support sheet includes a pair of flash fusing assemblies disposed in side-by-side relationship. Each assembly includes a reflector with a flash lamp positioned within said... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4121888 | Toner image-fixing device An record medium bearing toner images is intermittently moved at different speeds toward a fixing unit including a flash lamp. Each time one portion of the record medium occupies the effective fixing section of its run for the lamp as determined by a sens... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3987757 | Paper handling improvements in radiant fuser via corrugation of paper Apparatus for fixing toner images electrostatically adhered to copy paper or other suitable support material. The apparatus is characterized by the provision of a plurality of radiant energy sources through which the copy paper having the toner images the... | 10/26/1976 |
