Patent · US Expired

Fixing station for fixing toner images on a supporting material with a mobile covering device

US6449458B1 · kind B1 · utility

12Cited by

3References

38Claims

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Assignee

Océ Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Robert Lang · Atlanta, US
Werner Fuchs · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Gerd Goldmann · Krefeld, DE
Andreas Eckardt · Hersbruck, DE
Gunter Rosenstock · Ottobrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2001
Grant date	Sep 10, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/2007
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing station for a printer or copier includes a heating device for fusing toner to the carrier material and a cover that is selectively insertable between the heating element and the carrier material. The cover may be a window blind type cover. Where two sided fixing is provided, both heating devices have a cover. The cover may have an energy storage spring to cause the heating device to be covered in the event of an emergency. An electro-magnetic locking device may be provided to retain the cover in an open position.

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