Toner fusing station having an internally heated fuser roller
US6393247B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2053
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A product and process for forming an internally heated roller configuration for use in an electrostatographic machine that employs a fuser roller and a pressure roller. One of the rollers is a conformable roller having a rigid cylindrical core member centered on an axis of rotation, a compliant base cushion layer formed on the core member; a stiffening layer in intimate contact with and surrounding the base cushion layer; and an internal heating mechanism, while the other roller is a hard roller.
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