Image recording apparatus having image surface laminating capability
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSusumu Kuzuya
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus for recording an image on an image receiving member in cooperation with a photosensitive pressure-sensitive member. The apparatus includes an exposure unit for exposing the photosensitive pressure-sensitive member to an imaging light to form a latent image thereon, a pressure developing unit for pressure developing the latent image and forming a visible image on the image receiving member, and a thermal fixing unit for thermally fixing the visible image formed thereon. To prevent the image-formed surface of the image receiving member from being smeared or damaged, a lamination unit is provided for laminating a film on at least one surface of the image receiving member.
Claims13
An image recording apparatus for recording an image on an image receiving member in cooperation with a photosensitive pressure-sensitive member, the image receiving member having first and second surfaces, comprising:
- exposure means for exposing the photosensitive pressure-sensitive member to an imaging light to form a latent image thereon;
- pressure developing means for pressure developing the latent image and forming a visible image on the first surface of the image receiving member;
- thermal fixing means for thermally fixing the visible image formed on the first surface of the image receiving member, wherein the image receiving member is heated to an elevated temperature;
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- lamination means for laminating a film member on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the image receiving member, wherein said image receiving member at substantially said elevated temperature alone provides heat to the lamination means.
An image recording apparatus for recording an image on an image receiving member in cooperation with a photosensitive pressure-sensitive member, the image receiving member having first and second surfaces, comprising:
- exposure means for exposing the photosensitive pressure-sensitive member to an imaging light to form a latent image thereon;
- pressure developing means for pressure developing the latent image and forming a visible image on the first surface of the image receiving member;
- thermal fixing means for thermally fixing the visible image formed on the first surface of the image receiving member, wherein the image receiving member is heated to an elevated temperature;
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- lamination means for laminating a film member on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the image receiving member, wherein the image receiving member is conveyed in a predetermined direction, and said lamination means is disposed immediately downstream of said thermal fixing means with respect to the direction in which the image receiving member is conveyed, and wherein said image receiving member at substantially said elevated temperature supplies sufficient heat to the lamination means to laminate the film member to the image receiving member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.