Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Patent
1999-08-18
2000-10-24
Pendegrass, Joan
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
271307, 271900, G03L 1500, G03G 1520
Patent
active
061379824
ABSTRACT:
A fuser stripper apparatus for use in a machine which imparts an image to paper being fed therethrough. The apparatus has: a fuser roller rotatably fixed in the machine and having a surface treated with a coating for effecting the impartation of the image to the paper, the fuser roller has at least one slot formed in its surface; an idler roller rotatably fixed in the machine which has a surface in substantial contact with the surface of the fuser roller thereby creating a nip for passage of the paper therein when either of the fuser or idler rollers are rotated; a motor for rotating one of the fuser or nip rollers; and a wire member disposed in each of the at least one slot formed on the surface of the fuser roller, the wire member has first and second ends fixed to the machine such that the paper is prevented from wrapping around the fuser roller by the wire member. In preferred embodiments, the machine is a printer, photocopier, or facsimile machine and the fuser stripper apparatus is contained in a removable component of the machine.
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Olympus America Inc.
Pendegrass Joan
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