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(11) EP 0 536 931 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.05.1994 Bulletin 1994/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.04.1993 Bulletin 1993/15

(21) Application number: 92308881.9

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03G 15/00, G03G 15/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 11.10.1991 JP 263923/91
15.10.1991 JP 266521/91

(71) Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
Tokyo 163 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yoshino, Kunihisa
    Hachioji-shi, Tokyo (JP)
  • Motohashi, Mitsuo
    Hachioji-shi, Tokyo (JP)
  • Matsuoka, Yoshiko
    Hachioji-shi, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Ben-Nathan, Laurence Albert et al
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord 91 Wimpole Street
London W1M 8AH
London W1M 8AH (GB)


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    (54) Image recording apparatus capable of smoothing toner images


    (57) An apparatus for refixing a toner image on a recording sheet (T) with a carrier member (F) including a thin film member (F1) and a film supporting member (F2) which are so constructed to sandwich the sheet (T) having the toner image therebetween. A control device for use in a copying machine controls a feeding device, a photoreceptor, a transferring device and a fixing device so that the carrier means (F) is conveyed together with the sheet (T) having the toner image from the feeding device to the fixing device through the transferring device and that the toner on the sheet (T) is refixed by the fixing device.






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