Sheet humidifier, sheet finisher, and image forming system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8374538
APP PUB NO 20110020042A1
SERIAL NO

12835466

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A sheet humidifier which executes a humidifying process to a sheet, the sheet humidifier including: a pair of humidifying rollers each of which has a first surface layer formed of rubber containing plasticizer, the pair of humidifying rollers nipping and conveying the sheet; and two water supply rollers each of which has a second surface layer formed of rubber containing the same kind of plasticizer as the plasticizer of the first surface layer, the two water supply rollers contacting each of the pair of humidifying rollers and supplying water to the each of the pair of humidifying rollers, wherein a hardness of the first surface layer is higher than the second surface layer.

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  • KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;SYNTHES (U.S.A.)

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kougami, Masashi Saitama, JP 18 91
Shida, Toshio Higashiyamato, JP 62 431

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