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Fuser stripping mechanism with beveled tip

US10345746B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

David F. Cahill · Rochester, US
Robert D. Bobo · Ontario, US
Mark H. Allen · East Carleton, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 8, 2018
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 8, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/00573
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fuser apparatus includes first and second rollers in nip relation to transport a receiver member therebetween. A stripping mechanism a skive assembly having an elongated, thin, flexible skive finger, wherein a tip of the skive finger is beveled with first and second bevel surfaces with respective sweep angles forming a sharp edge along an upper surface of the skive finger. A mounting mechanism positions the skive finger in operative relation to the first roller with a bottom surface of the skive finger contacting the surface of the first roller at a contact point spaced apart from the tip of the skive finger such that the sharp edge along the first surface of the skive finger is spaced apart from the surface of the first roller by a distance of between 50 and 120 microns.

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