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Externally heated deformable fuser roller

US6463250B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 2000
Grant dateOct 8, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 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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