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| 2H033 | FIXING FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY | |
| G03G13/20 ;15/20-15/20,565 | ||
| G03G13/20;15/20-15/20,565 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA06 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 | |||
| . Image quality | . . improving toner fixing | . . . uniforming temperature | . . . uniforming pressure | . . improving cleaning of fixing rollers or lamps | . . reducing or preventing offset | . . reducing or preventing crashed or glossy images | ||||||
| AA11 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA18 | AA20 | ||||||
| . . improving colour development of colour toners | . Performance | . . improving paper travelling | . . . preventing paper from wrinkling or curling | . . . of stripping paper | . . improving the accuracy of detection | . . increasing speed | ||||||
| AA21 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA29 | AA30 | ||||||
| . . reducing size or weight | . . improving durability or preventing damages | . . . preventing the overshoot of temperature | . . . preventing fixing rollers from being damaged | . . . . of surface layers | . . improving operability | . . . shortening warm-up time | ||||||
| AA31 | AA32 | AA33 | AA35 | AA36 | AA37 | AA39 | AA40 | |||||
| . . facilitating manufacture | . . saving energy; reducing consumption of offset inhibitors | . . applying heat or light of fixers to other techniques | . Safety | . . facilitating maintenance or replacement of parts | . . . removing paper jams | . . preventing dirt caused by offset inhibitors or dew condensation water | . . preventing noise | |||||
| AA41 | AA42 | AA45 | AA46 | AA47 | AA48 | AA49 | ||||||
| . . preventing impacts on other apparatus | . . improving safety | . Measures for special conditions | . . for double-sided or multiple fixing | . . for thin or thick paper | . . for weak fixing | . . for special developers | ||||||
| BA | BA00 COMMON TECHNIQUE AMONG VARIOUS FIXING |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 | |
| . Combining two or more kinds of fixing | . Arranging fixers | . Supporting fixers; Attaching-detaching fixers | . Cases | . . Heat insulation | . . for opening and closing or attaching-detaching | . Conveying transfer materials | . . to fixing units | . . . Approach angles or positions of transfer materials for the surfaces of roller nips | . . out of fixing units | |||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA19 | BA20 | |||||
| . . inside fixing units | . . Conveying members | . Removing charge | . Stripping transfer materials | . . Claws | . . Belts | . . Materials | . . Shapes or structures | |||||
| BA21 | BA22 | BA24 | BA25 | BA26 | BA27 | BA29 | BA30 | |||||
| . . Attaching positions; Angles; Contact pressure | . . Driving | . Heating or cooling | . . Heat sources | . . supporting or attaching-detaching heat sources; transferring heat | . . Regions to be heated | . . Cooling; Exhausting heat | . . detecting temperature | |||||
| BA31 | BA32 | BA34 | BA35 | BA36 | BA37 | BA38 | BA39 | |||||
| . . . of members therefor | . . . attaching the members; Positions thereof | . Safety | . . preventing transfer materials from burning-off | . . . forcing transfer materials to be discharged | . . . blocking heat | . . attaching thermal fuses | . . of operators | |||||
| BA41 | BA42 | BA43 | BA44 | BA45 | BA46 | BA47 | BA48 | BA49 | BA50 | |||
| . Applying offset inhibitors | . . Offset preventing agents | . . Members therefor | . . attaching applying members; Positions or angles thereof | . . feeding to applying members; containers thereof | . . adjusting the amount of agents to be applied or fed | . . reusing offset inhibitors | . Cleaning fixing members | . . Rollers | . . Blades | |||
| BA51 | BA52 | BA54 | BA55 | BA56 | BA57 | BA58 | BA59 | BA60 | ||||
| . . Webs | . . Pads | . . Materials | . . Shapes or structures | . . Attaching positions; Angles; Contact pressure | . . Driving | . Developers | . Transfer materials | . Testing operations of fixing apparatus | ||||
| BB | BB00 HOT ROLLER FIXING OR HEAT PIPE ROLLER FIXING |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB08 | BB10 | |||
| . Hot rollers | . . Materials | . . . Cores | . . . of surface coating layers or elastic layers | . . . . Fluorine resins or rubbers | . . . . Silicon resins or rubbers | . . . . Additives | . . . oozing offset inhibitors | |||||
| BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | ||||||
| . . Shapes or structures | . . . Cores | . . . Surface coating layers | . . . Elastic layers | . . heating hot rollers | . . . Heaters | . . . . in intermediate layers | ||||||
| BB21 | BB22 | BB23 | BB24 | BB26 | BB28 | BB29 | BB30 | |||||
| . . . attaching or supporting heaters | . . . Conductive members of heaters | . . . heating hot rollers from the outside of the hot rollers | . . Heat pipe rollers | . . Manufacturing methods | . Pressing rollers | . . Materials | . . Shapes or structures | |||||
| BB31 | BB32 | BB33 | BB34 | BB35 | BB36 | BB37 | BB38 | BB39 | ||||
| . . Manufacturing methods | . Pressing or driving rollers; Bearings thereof | . . Nips | . . applying pressure | . . releasing roller pressure or separating rollers | . . Bearings of rollers | . . Driving; Transmission | . . Arrangement | . Applying pressure by members other than pressing rollers | ||||
| BC | BC00 RADIANT FUSING OR FLASH FUSING |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC06 | BC08 | BC09 | |||
| . Power supplies | . Lamps | . Reflectors | . Protecting lamps | . Blocking light | . Silencing or deodorising | . Flash fusing | . . Flash lamps | |||||
| BD | BD00 PRESSURE FIXING |
BD01 | BD02 | BD03 | BD04 | BD05 | BD07 | BD09 | ||||
| . Rollers | . . Materials | . . Shapes or structures | . . Manufacturing methods | . . Arrangement | . Driving | . Applying pressure; Releasing roller pressures; Separating rollers | ||||||
| BE | BE00 FIXING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
BE01 | BE02 | BE03 | BE04 | BE05 | BE06 | BE07 | BE08 | BE09 | ||
| . Hot plate fixing | . Hot air fixing | . Fusing toners with films | . Fusing toners with high frequencies or microwaves | . Fusing toners with laser beams | . Induction fusing | . Solvent fixing | . Adhesive fixing or laminate fixing | . Fixing simultaneously with transfer | ||||
| CA | CA00 DETECTING, CONTROLLING OR INDICATING |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | ||
| . Objects to be detected | . . Temperature | . . . at the time of warm-ups | . . . at the time of operating | . . . at the time of standbys | . . . at the time of abnormal conditions | . . . of fixing units | . . . of environments | . . . Transfer materials | ||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA19 | CA20 | |||
| . . Humidity of environments | . . Pressure to be applied | . . Rotational speed | . . Amount of radiant heat or light | . . Gases or smoke | . . Thickness moisture content or specific heat of transfer materials | . . Size of transfer materials | . . Image densities | . . Set number of copies | . . Timing of turning on operating or setting switches | |||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA26 | CA27 | CA28 | CA30 | |||||
| . . Timing of exposure or other processes | . . Timing of passing transfer materials | . . Electric power; Power source voltages; Currents | . . Disconnection | . Objects to be controlled | . . Temperature | . . . at the time of warm-ups | . . . at the time of operating | |||||
| CA32 | CA34 | CA35 | CA36 | CA37 | CA38 | CA39 | CA40 | |||||
| . . . at the time of standbys | . . . at the time of abnormal conditions | . . Conveying transfer materials | . . . Speed thereof | . . . Timing thereof | . . . Stopping | . . Pressure to be applied | . . Rotation of rollers | |||||
| CA41 | CA43 | CA44 | CA45 | CA46 | CA47 | CA48 | ||||||
| . . Amount of radiant heat or light | . Controlling temperature amount of heat or amount of light | . . of heating power | . . . On-off control | . . . Phase control | . . . Full-wave or half-wave control | . . . switching control using programmes | ||||||
| CA51 | CA53 | CA54 | CA55 | CA57 | CA58 | CA59 | ||||||
| . . . Positive temperature coefficient heaters | . . of cooling fans | . . of the amount of charge of flash sources | . . of the number or intervals of flashes | . Indicating | . . of temperature | . . of standbys |