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US 2025/0291284 A1Published application
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsKosuke YAMADA, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Haruka KOBAYASHI
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Abstract
A fixing device includes a light source unit that applies light to a surface of a can accommodating a content so that an image formed on the surface is fixed by heat of the light and a limiting portion that limits an area to which the light is applied such that the light from the light source unit is applied to a predetermined area on the surface of the can and the light from the light source unit is not applied to an area other than the predetermined area.
Claims12
A fixing device comprising:
- a light source unit that applies light to a surface of a can accommodating a content so that an image formed on the surface is fixed by heat of the light;
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- a limiting portion that limits an area to which the light is applied such that the light from the light source unit is applied to a predetermined area on the surface of the can and the light from the light source unit is not applied to an area other than the predetermined area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.