Patent · US Expired

Device for regulation of the sliding properties of a print substrate in an electrophotographic printer or copier

US7248828B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 2004
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2093
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an electrophotographic printer or copier, toner images of images to be printed onto a printing substrate are generated and fixed, causing sliding characteristics to be worsened. In order to remedy this problem, a moistening device is provided that applies on the printing substrate a moistening agent made from a moistening fluid and a lubricant dissolved therein. Two problems are thus solved: the printing substrate is moistened and simultaneously lubricated.

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