Flash fixing device

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To lower a driving voltage and to eliminate irregularity in fixation by providing a means which drive respective discharge tubes which are divided at right angles to the moving direction of a recording material on time-division basis. CONSTITUTION:The respective xenon lamps (Xe lamp) 16a, 16b, and 16c which are divided at right angles to the moving direction of the recording material illuminate repeatedly in order on time-division basis through a time-limit dividing means. Consequently, the recording body has respective areas fixed in the order of A1, B1, C1, A2, B2... and the Xe lamps illuminate repeatedly until the transfer paper P is fixed entirely; and the Xe lamps are made to stop illuminating when the whole of the transfer paper P is fixed. In this case, the timing of illumination is so set that there is no gap between adjacent fixation areas, e.g. A1 and A2 in the moving direction of the transfer paper; and the Xe lamps 16a, 16b, and 16c are so arranged that there is no gap between adjacent fixation areas, e.g. A1 and B1, and B1 and C1 at right angles to the moving direction of the transfer paper. Thus, the driving voltage is lowered and irregularity in fixation is eliminated.

Inventors

• 👤 Yoshitaka Ogino
• 👤 荻野　良孝
• 👤 Kazutoshi Shimada
• 👤 島田　和俊
• 👤 Hiromitsu Hirabayashi
• 👤 弘光 平林

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