Fusing apparatus
US4335951A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2092
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pressure fusing apparatus for use in a xerographic copying machine for fixing a developed toner image to a copy sheet. The apparatus includes in combination a first roller adapted to be rotatably mounted and driven within the copying machine; an arcuately shaped support member, the inner surface of which is spaced from and lies substantially parallel to a portion of the outer surface of the first roller; and a plurality of second smaller rollers mounted for rolling contact about the arcuately shaped support member, the second rollers and the first roller adapted to form a series of nips through which copy sheets being fused pass.
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