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Photoreceptor heating apparatus

US4161357A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 2, 1977
Grant dateJul 17, 1979
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Expiry dateSep 2, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/751
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for controlling temperature excursions of the photoreceptor in a copying machine includes a slip ring assembly that provides power to a heater located inside the photoreceptor and connected to the surface of the photoreceptor. This arrangement allows the photoreceptor temperature to be controlled at a constant value.

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