User stripping mechanism with protrusion
US10423099B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/6532
- 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 forming a sharp edge along an upper surface of the skive finger. At least one raised bump protrudes from the lower surface of the skive finger, spaced apart from a tip of the skive finger. A mounting mechanism positions the skive finger in operative relation to the first roller with the at least one raised bump contacting the surface of the first roller at a contact point 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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