Title:
画像形成装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5540987
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including a fixing liquid applicator applying a fixing liquid including a plasticizer swelling and softening a toner forming a toner image to fix on a recording medium thereto before bearing the toner image; a transferer transferring the toner image on a toner image bearer onto the recording medium while contacting the toner image to the fixing liquid thereon; and a fixing device heating the toner image and the fixing liquid to fix the toner image thereon, wherein the fixing liquid applicator comprises an application member bearing the fixing liquid on its surface and apply the liquid on a surface of the recording medium the toner image is transferred onto; a feeder feeding the fixing liquid to the application member; and an inducement mechanism inducing the fixing liquid pooling at a delivery point where the feeder feeds the fixing liquid to the application member out of the point.
Inventors:
Cyber Kong
Noriyuki Koinuma
Uno Mugijiro
Tomoko Takahashi
Mikio Ishibashi
Hideki Zenba
Nakagawa Etsunori
Shunichi Hashimoto
Naoyuki Ozaki
Hideaki Kanaya
Noriyuki Koinuma
Uno Mugijiro
Tomoko Takahashi
Mikio Ishibashi
Hideki Zenba
Nakagawa Etsunori
Shunichi Hashimoto
Naoyuki Ozaki
Hideaki Kanaya
Application Number:
JP2010183487A
Publication Date:
July 02, 2014
Filing Date:
August 18, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
株式会社リコー
International Classes:
G03G13/20; G03G15/16; G03G15/20
Domestic Patent References:
JP2163775A | ||||
JP2006323197A | ||||
JP10020676A | ||||
JP11052738A | ||||
JP2009251136A | ||||
JP2010158776A | ||||
JP4224076B2 | ||||
JP4354164B2 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shogo Honda
Toru Kabayama
Shuichi Kudo
Toru Kabayama
Shuichi Kudo