Common media redrive system for both belt and hot roll fuser assemblies in an imaging device
US10185285B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/1633
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A common media redrive system for use with either a hot roll fuser assembly and a belt roll fuser assembly installed an imaging device. The redrive systems includes an access door movable between a raised closed and a lowered open position. The access door has a media path channel and a deflector mounted over the channel. The deflector has a pivotable gate and includes upper and lower media guide members forming a media entrance and two exits for directing a media sheet from the fuser assembly exits to an output area and duplex path portion, respectively, via the gate and the first and second exits, respectively. A pair of media exit guide portions cantilever from the rear portion of the fuser assembly. The lower media guide members includes a pair of cutouts that receive the pair of media exit guide portions when the access door is in the closed position.
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