Apparatus and method for detaching media from a fuser in a printer
US8081914B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2028
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus (100) and method (200) that detaches media from a fuser in a printer is disclosed. The method can include feeding (220) a media sheet through a fuser member and applying (230) gas from an air knife to the media sheet on the fuser member to detach the media sheet at a detach point from the fuser member. The method can also include asserting (240) tension on the media sheet using a set of rotational members and continuing to apply gas from the air knife to the media sheet until the set of rotational members asserts tension on the media sheet.
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