Apparatus for printing on both sides of an image printing medium by one process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6032015
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09009425

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A fixing system for fixing toner images onto an image printing system such that the image printing medium bearing the toner images on the obverse side and the reverse sides thereof is passed through a nip area between a pair of fixing rollers. In the nip area, a rotation speed of a first fixing roller, which comes into contact with a not-yet fixed toner image, which is formed on the obverse side of the image printing medium, is set to be substantially equal to a rotation speed of a second fixing roller, which comes in contact with a not-yet fixed toner image, formed on the reverse side of the image printing medium. This is accomplished by setting the diameters of the various layers of the first fixing roller to be equal to that of the second fixing roller. When the image printing medium is moved through the nip area by the fixing rollers, a moving speed of the upper side of the image printing medium is equal to that of the lower side thereof. Thus, stresses on the image printing medium are not caused, and no character blur takes place.

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RICOH COMPANY LTD3-6 NAKAMAGOME 1-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 1438555 ?1438555

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anzai, Masayasu Ibaraki, JP 36 435
Kaneko, Tadahiro Ibaraki, JP 11 153
Kojima, Ryoji Ibaraki, JP 47 229
Suzuki, Katsuhiko Ibaraki, JP 88 905
Umeda, Takao Ibaraki, JP 42 611
Yokosuka, Michio Ibaraki, JP 11 162

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