Image recording apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorShin-ichi Ichikawa
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus which forms an image on an image receiving medium by transferring an image recorded on a heat-developable photosensitive medium in the presence of an image forming solvent, the apparatus having an application roller which is partly immersed in the solvent and which functions, while rotating, to apply this solvent to the heat-developable medium or the image receiving medium. Grooves are provided on the application roller in the vicinity of the axial ends thereof. The image forming solvent is thereby uniformly attached to the outer periphery of the application roller, and this solvent is then uniformly applied to the heat-development medium or the image receiving medium.
Claims8
An image recording apparatus which forms an image on an image receiving medium by transferring an image recorded on a heat-developable photosensitive medium in the presence of an image forming solvent, said apparatus comprising:
- a tank for storing said solvent;
- roller means disposed in said tank for applying said solvent to said heat-developable photosensitive medium or said image receiving medium by rotating in correspondence with the movement of said heat-developable photosensitive medium or said image receiving medium;
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- retaining means for making a part of said solvent stay on said roller, said retaining means being provided only on the outer peripheries of portions of said roller means in the vicinity of the opposite ends thereof.
An image recording apparatus which forms an image on an image receiving medium by transferring an image recorded on a heat-developable photosensitive medium in the presence of an image forming solvent, said apparatus comprising:
- a tank for storing said solvent;
- roller means disposed in said tank for applying said solvent to said heat-developable photosensitive medium or said image receiving medium by contacting one of said media while being rotated and partly immersed in said solvent stored in said tank;
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- retaining means for making a part of said solvent stay on said roller, said retaining means being proveded only on the outer peripheries of portions of said roller means in the vicinity of the opposite ends thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.