IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE

• Main Authors: MATSUDA KOHEI, YAMAGUCHI KOJI, NISHIZAWA YUKI, KATSUTA YASUSHI, HIRATA ATSUKO, KURODA AKIRA, OGINO HIROMOTO, SHIMANO TSUTOMU, NOGUCHI KAORI, OGUMA TORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 15.07.2021
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CONVEYING; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

To provide an image formation device that is designed to have two heating apparatuses and can achieve sufficient downsizing.SOLUTION: An image formation device 1 forms a toner image on a sheet using printing toner, including: image formation means 1e that applies a powder adhesive agent on the sheet; fixation means 6 that heats the toner image formed on the sheet by the image formation means and the powder adhesive agent applied on the sheet and fixes them on the sheet; folding means 31 that folds the sheet that has passed through the fixation means; and adhesion means 32 that heats the sheet folded by the folding means and bonds the sheet with the powder adhesive agent. The folding means and the adhesion means are positioned above the image formation means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】２つの加熱装置を備える構成において十分な小型化を達成できる画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】画像形成装置１は、印刷用トナーを用いてシートにトナー像を形成すると共に、粉末接着剤をシートに塗布する画像形成手段１ｅと、画像形成手段によりシートに形成されたトナー像及びシートに塗布された粉末接着剤を加熱してシートに定着させる定着手段６と、定着手段を通過したシートを折り畳む折り手段３１と、折り手段により折り畳まれたシートを加熱して粉末接着剤によってシートを接着する接着手段３２と、を備え、折り手段及び接着手段は、画像形成手段の上方に配置されている。【選択図】図１