WO2004100610A1 - 加熱装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a heating device for heating a material to be heated conveyed on a conveyance path by a heating member, and more particularly to a heating device provided with a heat reflecting plate for reflecting radiant heat emitted from the heating member.
- Examples include a fixing device provided in the image forming apparatus, a drying apparatus in a wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus and an ink jet printer, and an erasing apparatus for rewritable media.
- a fixing device provided in the image forming apparatus
- a drying apparatus in a wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus and an ink jet printer and an erasing apparatus for rewritable media.
- an erasing apparatus for rewritable media the configuration of a conventional heating device will be described using the configuration of a fixing device among these devices.
- the fixing device generally includes a heating roller and a pressure roller arranged so as to be in pressure contact with each other on both sides of a sheet conveyance path.
- a fixing nip portion is formed between the heating roller and the pressure roller.
- the paper passes through the fixing nip portion, the paper is heated and pressed, and the unfixed toner image attached to the paper is fixed on the paper surface.
- the heat roller and the pressure roller must be kept at a high temperature at all times, so it is important to enhance the heat retention of the heat roller and the heat roller.
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a conventional heat roller fixing type fixing device.
- a heat reflection plate 238 made of metal having a semicircular arc cross-section and reflecting the radiant heat emitted from the heat roller 231 is arranged so as to cover a part of the periphery of the heat roller 231 so that the heat roller 231 can be moved from the heat roller.
- a fixing device has been used in which the heat released is reduced to enhance the heat retention and energy is saved (for example, see Patent Document 1).
- the heat retention decreases.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a heating device in which heat dissipation due to convective heat transfer in a heat reflection plate is reduced, and the heat retaining property of a heating member is improved.
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-9-101700
- a heating member that is provided so as to be in contact with a transport path through which the material to be heated is transported, and that heats the material to be heated
- a heat reflector disposed on the opposite side of the heating path of the heating member so as to face the heating member, and reflecting a radiant heat emitted from the heating member;
- the heat reflection plate is disposed at a predetermined position around the heating member so that the convective heat transfer coefficient 77 represented by the following expression is at least 0.9 or less.
- the heat reflecting plate is arranged so that heat radiation from the heat reflecting plate is reduced.
- the amount of heat released from the heat reflecting plate depends on the direction of the surface (outside surface of the heat reflecting plate) of the heat reflecting plate opposite to the surface facing the heating member.
- the heat radiation from the upward surface on the outer surface of the heat reflection plate is the largest, the heat radiation from the horizontal surface is the largest, and the heat radiation from the downward surface is the smallest. Specifically, assuming that the amount of heat radiation from the upward surface is 1.00, the applicant has clarified that it is approximately 0.77 for the horizontal surface and approximately 0.54 for the downward surface.
- the convective heat transfer coefficient ⁇ of the heat reflecting plate devised in consideration of this fact is calculated as follows.
- the heat reflection plate is disposed at a predetermined position around the heating member so that the convective heat transfer coefficient 77 becomes as small as possible.
- the heat reflecting plate is arranged so as to face a heating member having a heat source therein.
- the heat reflecting plate is arranged so as to cover a part of the outer periphery of the heating member having the heat source therein. Therefore, radiant heat emitted from the heating member is more effectively reflected than when a heat reflecting plate is arranged around a heating member having no heat source inside. Therefore, the heat reflection plate can be used efficiently.
- the transport path is characterized in that it is formed so as to be inclined in the transport direction of the material to be heated with respect to the horizontal direction, and is formed to be inclined.
- the conveying path for conveying the material to be heated is formed so as to be inclined with respect to the horizontal plane.
- the conveying direction of the material to be heated approaches the vertical direction, and the heat reflecting plate disposed to face the heating member in contact with the conveying path.
- the ratio of the upward surface on the outer surface of the heat reflecting plate is reduced. Therefore, the heat radiation from the outer surface of the heat reflecting plate is reduced as compared with the case where the transport path is formed in the horizontal direction, and the heat retaining property of the heating member is improved.
- the heating member is a heating roller and a pressure roller which are disposed on both sides of the transport path so as to be in pressure contact with each other,
- the heat reflection plate is arranged so as to cover at least a peripheral surface of the heating roller.
- the heating member includes a heating roller having a heat source therein and a pressure roller arranged to be in pressure contact with the heating roller. At this time, if the heat reflecting plate is arranged so as to reflect at least the radiant heat emitted from the heating roller, the heating member The heat retention of is increased.
- the peripheral speed of the heating port is adjusted in consideration of the heat loss near the peripheral surface of the heating roller. For example, when the rotation direction of the heating roller on the heat reflection plate installation side is downward, the air between the heating roller and the heat reflection plate is pushed down by the rotation of the heating roller. If the peripheral speed V of the heating roller is within the range of 0.32 (m / s) ⁇ V ⁇ 0.49 (m / s), the upward force of the heated air and the rotation of the heating roller will move the air downward. The force to flow is almost equal.
- An external heat supply roller that heats the pressure roller while being pressed against the pressure roller, and is disposed so as to face the external heat supply roller and is discharged from the external heat supply roller heating member.
- the external heat supply roller is arranged so as to be in contact with a lower half of the peripheral surface of the pressure roller.
- the pressure roller receives heat from an external heat supply roller in addition to the pressure contact portion with the heating roller, and radiant heat from the external heat supply roller surrounds the external heat supply roller.
- a heat reflection plate for preventing the emission of the heat is disposed.
- the pressure roller can be easily maintained at a high temperature, and the heat retention of the pressure roller in contact with the pressure roller is improved.
- the heat reflecting plate disposed to face the external heating roller can easily increase the ratio of the downward surface to the heat reflecting plate outer surface, and can suppress the heat radiation of the heat reflecting plate outer surface force.
- the heat reflection plate is constituted by a plurality of members divided in a circumferential direction.
- an arbitrary number of circumferentially divided members are arranged to form a heat reflecting plate having an arc-shaped cross section.
- the heat reflection plate is made of a low heat conductive material.
- the heat reflection plate is formed of a material that does not easily conduct heat inside the member. Therefore, it is difficult for the heat on the lower side and the lateral side of the heat reflecting plate to escape to the upper side through the inside of the heat reflecting plate. As a result, the heat insulating property of the heat reflecting plate is improved, and the heat insulating property of the heating member is improved.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an arrangement of a conventional heat reflection plate.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a digital copying machine to which the heating device of the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a digital copying machine to which the heating device of the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image forming apparatus to which the heating device of the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fixing device as a heating device of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating each projection area of a heat reflection plate.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration, an arrangement position, and a convective heat transfer coefficient ⁇ of a heat reflection plate.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing a relationship among a fixing speed V, a frictional resistance Ff, and a buoyancy Fb of air.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a heat reflection plate including a plurality of members divided in a circumferential direction.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a digital copying machine 1 to which the heating device of the present invention is applied.
- the digital copying machine 1 includes a document reading device 11, an image forming device 12, a paper supply device 13, a post-processing device 14, an external paper supply device 15, a transport portion 17, and a paper discharge portion 16 ( 1 6a, 16b).
- the document reading device 11 reads an image of a document, and supplies the read image data to the image forming device 12.
- the image forming apparatus 12 performs an image forming process of an electronic photography method based on input image data.
- the sheet supply device 13 supplies a sheet on which an image forming process is performed to the image forming device 12.
- the transport unit 17 transports the sheet on which the image forming process has been performed by the image forming apparatus 12 to the post-processing apparatus 14.
- the post-processing device 14 performs post-processing such as stapling and sorting on the paper based on the contents of the input image forming job.
- the external paper supply device 15 includes a paper storage unit that can store a large amount of paper, and supplies paper to the image forming apparatus 12 in the same manner as the paper supply device 13.
- the paper discharge unit 16 (16a, 16b) stores paper on which image forming processing is performed and which is discharged outside the digital copying machine 1.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration inside the digital copying machine 1.
- a paper transport path is formed from each paper storage unit in the paper supply device 13 and the external paper supply device 15 to the paper output tray 16b via the image forming device 12, the transport unit 17, and the post-processing device 14.
- the fixing device 23 constituting the heating device of the present invention is disposed in the image forming apparatus 12 so as to be in contact with the sheet conveyance path.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the image forming apparatus 12.
- a photosensitive drum 22 as an image carrier is arranged so as to be in contact with the paper transport path.
- a charging unit 31 an optical scanning unit 24, a developing unit 25, a transfer unit 26, and a tallying unit 27 are arranged.
- the charging unit 31 uniformly charges the surface of the photosensitive drum 22.
- the light scanning unit 24 exposes the uniformly charged surface of the photosensitive drum 22 to form an electrostatic latent image.
- the developing unit 25 visualizes the electrostatic latent image written by the optical scanning unit 24 with a developer to form a developer image.
- the transfer unit 26 transfers the developer image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 22 to a sheet.
- the cleaning unit 27 enables the developer remaining on the surface of the photosensitive drum 22 to be removed and a new image to be recorded on the photosensitive drum 22.
- a fixing device for fixing the unfixed developer image attached to the paper to the paper is provided on the downstream side of the image forming position between the photosensitive drum 22 and the transfer unit 26 in the paper transport path.
- 23 is arranged.
- the paper on which the developer image is fixed in the fixing device 23 is discharged to the paper discharge tray 16a or 16b with the image forming surface facing downward.
- the residual developer removed by the talling unit 27 is collected, returned to the developer supply section 25a of the developing unit 25, and reused.
- a process control unit (PCU) board In a space formed around the optical scanning unit 24, a process control unit (PCU) board, an interface board, an image control unit (ICU) board, and a power supply unit are arranged.
- PCU process control unit
- ICU image control unit
- the PCU substrate controls an electrophotographic process unit (not shown).
- the interface board accepts image data from outside the device.
- the ICU board performs predetermined image processing on the image data received from the interface board and the image data read by the document image reading device 11, and outputs the data after the image processing to the optical scanning unit.
- the power supply unit supplies power to each unit of the device including the above-described various substrates.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of the fixing device 23 in the present embodiment.
- the fixing device 23 is provided with a heating roller 231 and a pressure roller 232 arranged so as to be in pressure contact with each other on both sides of the sheet conveyance path.
- the sheet transport path passing between the heating roller 231 and the pressure roller 232 is formed to be inclined with respect to the horizontal direction.
- the paper transport path is inclined at substantially 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane.
- the heating roller 231 has heater lamps 234 and 235 as heat sources therein.
- the calo pressure roller 232 is heated by an external heating roller 233 as an external heat supply device.
- the external heating roller 233 has a heater lamp 236 therein as a heat source.
- the heater lamps 234 to 236 are formed of halogen heaters, and a control circuit (not shown) supplies power to the heater lamps 234 to 236.
- the energized heater lamps 234 236 emit light with a predetermined heat generation distribution, and infrared rays are emitted from the heater lamps 234 236 to heat the inner peripheral surfaces of the heating roller 231 and the external heating roller 233.
- the fixing device 23 includes temperature sensors 237 a and 237 b for detecting the surface temperatures of the heating roller 231 and the external heating roller 233, respectively, and a cleaning device for cleaning the surface of the pressure roller 232. And a roller 240.
- a fixing cover 230 including a heating-side fixing cover 230a and a pressing-side fixing cover 230b.
- a heat reflecting plate 238 having a semicircular cross section is provided so as to face the peripheral surface of the heating roller 231.
- the heat reflecting plate 238 reflects radiant heat from the heating roller 231.
- a heat reflecting plate 239 having a semicircular cross section is provided so as to face the peripheral surface of the external heating roller 233.
- the heat reflecting plate 239 reflects radiant heat from the external heating roller 233.
- the heat reflection plate 238 is disposed on the opposite side of the paper transport path with the heating roller 231 interposed therebetween. Further, the heat reflecting plate 239 is disposed on the opposite side of the pressing roller 232 with the external heating roller 233 therebetween.
- the present invention is characterized by the arrangement of the heat reflection plate 238 and the heat reflection plate 239, and details thereof will be described later.
- the calorie heat roller 231 is heated by the heater lamps 234 and 235 so that the outer peripheral surface thereof has a predetermined temperature.
- the surface of the heating roller 231 is set to be 200 ° C.
- the heating roller 231 heats the sheet P passing through the fixing nip portion of the fixing device 23 in a state where the unfixed toner image T is transferred.
- the calorie heat roller 231 has a core metal 231a as its main body and a release layer 231b formed on the outer peripheral surface of the core metal 231a to prevent the toner T on the paper P from offsetting.
- a metal such as iron, stainless steel, aluminum, or copper, or an alloy thereof is used.
- an iron (STKM) core metal having a diameter of 40 mm and a wall thickness of 1.3 mm is used.
- the release layer 231b is made of fluorine resin such as PFA (copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkylbutyl ether) or PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), silicone rubber, fluorine rubber, or the like.
- fluorine resin such as PFA (copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkylbutyl ether) or PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), silicone rubber, fluorine rubber, or the like.
- PFA copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkylbutyl ether
- PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
- silicone rubber fluorine rubber
- fluorine rubber fluorine rubber
- the calo pressure roller 232 is configured to form a heat-resistant elastic material layer 232b such as silicone rubber on the outer peripheral surface of a core metal 232a such as steel, stainless steel, or aluminum. Addition On the surface of the heat-resistant and heat-resistant material layer 232b of the pressure roller 232, a release layer 232c made of a fluorine resin similar to the case of the heating roller 231 may be formed.
- the pressure roller 232 in this embodiment has a diameter of 40 mm, a heat-resistant elastic layer 232b made of silicone rubber having a thickness of 6 mm on a stainless steel cored bar 232a, and a PFA tube having a thickness of 50 ⁇ m on its surface.
- a release layer 232c is provided.
- the caro pressure roller 232 is applied with a force in the direction of a heating member roller 231 by an urging member such as a spring (not shown), and is pressed against the heating roller 231 with a force of about 745N. Due to this pressing force, a fixing nip portion Y having a width of about 6 mm is formed between the heating roller 231 and the heating roller 231.
- the external heating roller 233 has a heater lamp 236 as a heating source inside, and is provided upstream of the fixing nip portion in the paper transport path. Further, the external heating roller 233 is pressed against the pressure roller 232 with a predetermined pressing force, and a heating nip portion Z having a width of about lmm is formed between the external heating roller 233 and the pressure roller 232.
- the configuration of the external heating roller 233 is such that a synthetic resin material having excellent heat resistance and release properties is provided as a heat release layer 233b on a hollow cylindrical metal core material 233a made of aluminum or iron-based material. Used. Examples of the synthetic resin material include elastomers such as silicone rubber and fluoro rubber, and fluoro resins such as PFA and PTFE.
- an aluminum cylindrical shaft having a diameter of 15 mm and a thickness of 0.5 mm is used as the core material 233a.
- the heat-resistant release material constituting the heat-resistant release layer 233b a material obtained by applying a mixture of PFA and PTFE to a thickness of 25 ⁇ and firing it is used.
- the rated output of the heater lamp 236 is 300W.
- the cleaning roller 240 removes toner, paper dust, and the like adhering to the pressure roller 232 in advance to prevent the external heating roller 233 from being stained. That is, the cleaning roller 240 is provided on the upstream side of the heating nip portion Z in the rotation direction of the pressure roller 232, and is brought into pressure contact with a predetermined pressing force, so that the cleaning roller 240 rotates following the rotation of the pressure roller 232. Is supported.
- the cleaning roller 240 is made of a cylindrical metal core made of aluminum, iron, or the like, and in this embodiment, a stainless steel material is used.
- the thermistors 237a and 237b are provided on the peripheral surfaces of the heating roller 231 and the external heating roller 233, respectively.
- the surface temperature of the external heating roller 233 is detected.
- a control circuit (not shown) controls the amount of power to the heater lamps 234-236.
- the drive control method of the fixing device 23 is roughly classified into two types: a warm-up mode and a copy mode.
- the warm-up mode the drive motor is turned on and the roller is driven to rotate at a peripheral speed (fixing speed) of 365 mm / s.
- the heater lamps 234 and 236 are energized, and the external heating roller 233, calo heat roller 231 and Heating is performed until the surface temperature of the pressure roller 232 reaches a predetermined set temperature.
- the surface temperature of the external heating roller is set at 190 ° C
- the surface temperature of the heating roller 231 is set at 200 ° C
- the surface temperature of the pressure roller 232 is set at 150 ° C.
- energization of the heater lamps 234 and 236 is controlled so that the surface temperature T1 of the heating roller 231 is maintained at 200 ° C. and the surface temperature T2 of the pressure roller 232 is maintained at 135 ° C.
- the heater lamp 236 for the external heating roller 233 is set to a temperature of about 170 ° C required to maintain the surface temperature of the pressure roller 232 at 135 ° C. Then, the paper P on which the unfixed toner image T is formed is conveyed to the fixing nip at a copy speed of 65 sheets / min, and the toner image is fixed.
- the nip passage time at this time is 16.4 msec.
- the direction in which the fixing device 23 is arranged is indicated by using the conveyance direction of the paper P conveyed between the heating roller 231 and the pressure roller 232 in the fixing device 23.
- the angle (tilt angle) of the sheet P in the transport direction is indicated by a counterclockwise angle ( ⁇ ⁇ ) from the horizontal direction indicated by the dashed line H.
- a heating roller 231 and a pressure roller 232 are arranged horizontally on both sides of the paper transport path.
- a heat reflecting plate 238 made of stainless steel and having a semicircular cross section is disposed on the side of the heating roller 231. At this time, between the peripheral surface of the heating roller 231 and the heat reflecting plate 238 A gap of about 2 mm is formed in
- the external heating roller 233 is disposed below the pressure roller 232, and a heat reflecting plate 239 made of stainless steel and having a semicircular cross section is disposed below the external heating roller 233. As described above, a gap of about 2 mm is formed between the peripheral surface of the external heating roller 233 and the heat reflection plate 239.
- the heat reflecting plate 238 is arranged close to the heating roller 231, even if the radiant heat from the heating roller 231 can be almost completely reflected, the heat reflecting plate 238 can be thermally or convectively transferred via air.
- the heat reflector 238 heats up. When the temperature of the heat reflecting plate 238 increases, heat radiation due to convective heat transfer from the surface (outside surface) opposite to the surface facing the heating roller 231 becomes noticeable.
- the amount of heat released by convective heat transfer depends on the direction of the heat radiating surface.
- the heat transfer coefficient by natural convective heat transfer in an infinite space is a vertical plate.
- the amount of heat radiation is smaller in the horizontal surface and the downward surface than in the upward surface.
- the convection from the heat reflecting plate 238 and the heat reflecting plate 239 is performed by arranging the outer surfaces of the heat reflecting plate 238 and the heat reflecting plate 239 so that the surface is oriented sideways or downward. Heat dissipation due to heat transfer is suppressed.
- the vertical upward projected area with respect to the outer surfaces of the heat reflecting plates 238 and 239 is Su
- the horizontal projected area is Sh
- the vertical downward projected area is Sd
- the present invention has a heat radiation property.
- the convective heat transfer coefficient ⁇ which is an index that simply represents the degree, is calculated by the following equation.
- Su, Sh, and Sd are, as shown in FIG. 6, a vertical upward projection area related to a surface (outer surface) of the heat reflecting plate 238 opposite to the surface facing the calo heat roller 231, The projected area in the horizontal direction and the projected area in the vertical downward direction are shown. As described above, the present invention focuses on the projected area in the vertical upward direction, the horizontal direction, and the vertical downward direction.
- the parameters that are actually problematic are the representative length Lu on the upward surface, the representative length Lh on the horizontal surface, and the representative length on the downward surface. Ld.
- the length of the force heating roller 231 in the direction parallel to the axial direction is uniform, it is substantially the same regardless of the representative length or the projected area.
- the projected area Sh in the horizontal direction it is not necessary to consider the sum of the projected area in the left direction and the projected area in the right direction in the horizontal direction.
- the degree of heat radiation by the convective heat transfer of the heat reflecting plate 238 can be simply represented by the convective heat transfer coefficient 77. If the shape and arrangement of the heat reflecting plate 238 are set so that the value of the convective heat transfer coefficient 77 becomes as small as possible, it is possible to further reduce the amount of heat released by the convective heat transfer.
- FIG. 7 (a) shows the result obtained by calculating 77 using the above equation (1).
- the shape of the heat reflecting plate is a generally used arc-shaped (fan-shaped) shape.
- the size of the heat reflecting plate is represented using the central angle ⁇ .
- the arrangement position of the heat reflecting plate is represented by the inclination angle ⁇ with respect to the horizontal plane of the center position of the heat reflecting plate 238 in the circumferential direction and the line connecting the centers of the arcs constituting the cross section of the heat reflecting plate 238.
- the amount of heat radiated from the outer surface of the heat reflecting plate 238 or the heat reflecting plate 239 is reduced, and the heat retaining property of the heating port 231 is improved.
- the heat reflecting plate 238 and the heat reflecting plate 239 are arranged sideways or downward.
- the paper transport path is formed so that the transport direction is vertically upward in the fixing device 23.
- the heating roller 231 and the pressure roller 232 are arranged in a horizontal direction with the sheet conveyance path interposed therebetween. Also, external heating roller
- the heat reflecting plate 238 can be applied to the heating roller 231 from the horizontal direction.
- the heat reflecting plate 239 the heat reflecting plate 23
- the gap between the heat reflecting plate 238 and the heating roller 231 is opened upward, and the high-temperature air located in the gap rises and escapes from the gap. I will try.
- the rotation speed of the heating roller 231 is adjusted by the PCU substrate, so that the high-temperature air located in the gap is not released.
- Cf is the frictional resistance coefficient
- Re is the Reynolds number
- A is the plate area
- p is the density of air
- V is the kinematic viscosity of air
- V is the air It is the flow velocity of air
- 1 is the width of the flat plate.
- Equations (2)-(4) above can be applied.
- the air temperature in the gap between the heating roller 231 and the heat reflecting plate is about 140 ° C
- V 28.6X10— 6 m 2 / s
- p (TO) is the air density at TO
- p (Ta) is the air density at Ta
- Va is the air volume at the void.
- Equation (8) 0.7Fb ⁇ Ff ⁇ l .3Fb
- Equation (9) 0.32 (m / s) ⁇ V ⁇ 0.49 (m / s)
- the optimal configuration of the heat reflection plate 238 will be described.
- the upper portion having a large heat dissipation and the small heat dissipation are small. Since a temperature gradient is generated between the middle portion and the lower portion, heat tends to move from the middle portion and the lower portion to the upper portion through the heat reflecting plate 238. If this heat conduction is suppressed as much as possible, the amount of heat dissipation due to convective heat transfer of the entire heat reflecting plate 238 can be suppressed. Therefore, a material having low heat conductivity should be used as the material forming the heat reflecting plate 238. preferable.
- a metal when a metal is used, it is preferable to use a stainless steel material having a low thermal conductivity as in the present embodiment. Further, a configuration may be adopted in which a heat-resistant resin material having a lower thermal conductivity than a metal is used as a base material, and the surface thereof is subjected to a plating treatment so as to have heat reflection properties.
- the heat reflecting plate 238 can be divided into an upper part 238a, an intermediate part 238b, and a lower part 238c.
- the heat reflecting plate 238 By dividing the heat reflecting plate 238 into a plurality of portions in the circumferential direction, the heat transfer from the intermediate portion 238b and the lower portion 238c to the upper portion 238a can be blocked, so that the heat dissipation of the entire heat reflecting plate 238 due to convective heat conduction is performed. Can be reduced.
- the fixing device 23 is less likely to cause a fixing defect.
- the heating device of the present invention is used as a fixing device provided in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus.
- the applicable range of the heating device of the present invention is limited to the fixing device.
- the present invention can be applied to a wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus, a drying apparatus in an ink jet printer, and an erasing apparatus for rewritable media.
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