Externally heated deformable fuser roller
US6463250B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2053
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A deformable toner fuser roller, for use in a fusing station of an electrostatographic machine comprising a rigid cylindrical core member; an overdrive-controlling, elastically deformable structure surrounding the core member; and wherein the fuser roller is adapted to be heated by a heat source external to the roller and the overdrive-controlling elastically deformable structure comprises an effective or operational Poisson's ratio between 0.2 and 0.4.
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