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Thermally uniform paper preheat transport

US7787816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Nicholas P. Kladias · Great Neck, US
Gerald A. Domoto · Briarcliff Manor, US
Igor Podzorov · Webster, US
Paul M. Fromm · Rochester, US
Anthony S. Condello · Webster, US
Augusto E. Barton · Webster, US
Charles D. Rizzolo · Fairport, US
Elias Panides · Great Neck, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2007
Grant date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/1695
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pre-heater system and adapted to be used on an electrostatic marking apparatus for improving gloss on media having marking thereon at a location in the apparatus prior to a conventional fuser roll assembly or station, the system including a primary heater adapted to blow pressurized hot air into a surface of an image receiving media in order to substantially dispense hot air throughout an entire paper or media surface; and a preheat media transport for transporting media from the location in the apparatus prior to the conventional fuser roll assembly or station through the primary heater, the preheat media transport includes means for maintaining the preheat media transport at a substantially uniform predefined temperature.

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