Adhesive transfer and fixing apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR ADHESIVE TRANSFER OF AN IMAGE ELECTROSTATICALLY ADHERING TO AN INSULATING IMAGE SURFACE, COMPRISING A SUPPORT HOUSING, A PRESSURE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING, AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF OPPOSING TRANSFER PRESSURE ROLLERS MOUNTED ONE ON SAID HOUSING AND THE OTHER ON SAID PRESSURE ASSEMBLY, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ROLLERS BEING A DRIVE ROLLER, THE ROLLERS THUS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN IMAGE BEARING MEMBER AND PROPEL SUCH MEMBER BETWEEN SAID ROLLERS, A SUPPORT MEMBER ON THE PRESSURE ASSEMBLY TO RECEIVE A TACKY-SURFACED WEB MATERIAL FEEDING SAID WEB INTO PRESSURE CONTACT WITH THE IMAGE BEARING SURFACE AND BETWEEN SAID SURFACE AND ALL PRESSURE ROLLERS BEARING THEREAGAINST, MEANS TO STRIP THE WEB FROM THE IMAGE BEARING SURFACE, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF FIXING PRESSURE ROLLERS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A DRIVE ROLLER OPERATING AT EQUAL SPEED WITH THE TRANSFER DRIVE ROLLERS, A SUPPORT FOR A PROTECTIVE WEB MATERIAL AND MEANS FOR FEEDING THE STRIPPED ADHESIVE WEB AND SAID PROTECTIVE WEB MATERIAL TOGETHER BETWEEN THE FIXING PRESSURE ROLLERS WITH THE PROTECTIVE WEB CONTACTING THE ADHESIVE SURFACE OF THE ADHESIVE WEB, WHEREBY THE ADHESIVE WEB AND PROTECTIVE WEB, EMERGE TOGETHER FROM SAID ROLLERS BEARING A TRANSFERRED IMAGE THEREBETWEEN.