Multiple-flash fuser
US4444487A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1979 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/201
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Flash fusing apparatus for fixing toner images to copy substrates. The apparatus is characterized by the provision of a power supply and control for a flash lamp which produces multiple flashes which are coupled to a discrete portion of a copy substrate. Each individual flash is insufficient to effect fusing of the toner images, however, a predetermined number of flashes impinging on the same discrete portion of a copy substrate will effect coalescence of the toner after which cooling of the toner takes place resulting in fixing thereof to the substrate.
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