| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 8280286 |
Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of fixing marking material on media |
October 2, 2012 |
| Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of treating marking material on media are disclosed. An embodiment of the apparatuses includes a roll including a first outer surface; a continuous belt including an inner surface and a second outer surface forming a nip by contact with the |
| 8265533 |
Fuser release fluid rate transient control via variable speed oil metering system |
September 11, 2012 |
| An apparatus for applying release agent to a fuser roll used in printing a print job is provided. The apparatus has a release agent metering roll supported for contact with a supply of release agent material; a variable speed drive arranged to effect movement of the release agent meterin |
| 8204417 |
Apparatuses useful in printing, fixing devices and methods of stripping media from surfaces in a |
June 19, 2012 |
| Apparatuses useful in printing, fixing devices and methods of stripping media from surfaces in apparatuses useful in printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus useful in printing includes a first member including a first surface; a second member including a second |
| 8170436 |
Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of controlling a temperature of a surface in apparat |
May 1, 2012 |
| Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of controlling a temperature of a surface in an apparatus useful for printing are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses includes a first roll including a first outer surface and at least one first heating element for heating |
| 8155547 |
Apparatuses useful for printing and corresponding methods |
April 10, 2012 |
| Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of are provided. The apparatus includes a user interface for operating the printing apparatus, a fuser for fusing media, the fuser having a plurality of temperature settings, a gloss meter for measuring gloss of an image fused on the media, |
| 8145110 |
Apparatuses useful for printing and corresponding methods |
March 27, 2012 |
| Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of cleaning debris from a surface in an apparatus useful for printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus useful for printing includes a first roll, a belt including an inner surface and an outer surface, the first roll and |
| 8143558 |
Apparatuses useful for printing and methods for controlling the temperature of media in apparatu |
March 27, 2012 |
| Apparatuses useful for printing and methods for controlling the temperature of media in apparatuses useful for printing are disclosed. An embodiment of the apparatuses includes a heated first roll including a first outer surface; a heated second roll including a second outer surface; |
| 8126347 |
Apparatus and method for fuser and pressure assembly temperature control |
February 28, 2012 |
| An apparatus (100) and method (700) that can control fuser temperature is disclosed. The apparatus can include an image fuser member (110) rotatably supported in the apparatus, where the image fuser member can be configured to fuse an image on media (170). The apparatus can include a |
| 8116671 |
Apparatuses useful in printing onto media and methods of mitigating media edge wear effects on f |
February 14, 2012 |
| Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of mitigating media edge wear effects on fixing belts in printing are provided. An exemplary apparatus useful for printing onto media includes a first roll including a first surface; a second roll including a second surface; a fixing member |
| 8112009 |
Electrophotographic apparatus having fuser temperature control and corresponding methods |
February 7, 2012 |
| Disclosed are a method of forming images on media in an electrophotographic apparatus, and corresponding electrophotographic apparatus. The method includes measuring a temperature of the media with a sensor after the toner particles have been fused to the media, and controlling a tem |
| 8081915 |
Apparatus and method for controlling the change of direction of a fusing belt in a printing appa |
December 20, 2011 |
| An apparatus (100) and method (500) that controls the change of direction of a fusing belt in a printing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus can include a fusing belt (120) configured to rotate about an axis of rotation (128). The apparatus can include at least one fusing belt supp |
| 8078092 |
Apparatus and method for controlling the axial rate of movement of a fusing belt in a printing a |
December 13, 2011 |
| An apparatus (100) and method (400, 500) that controls the rate of movement of a fusing belt in a printing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus can include a fusing belt (120) and at least one fusing belt support roller (131), where the fusing belt can be entrained on the fusing bel |
| 8041245 |
Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of controlling the temperature of surfaces in apparat |
October 18, 2011 |
| Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of controlling the temperature of surfaces in apparatuses useful in printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses useful in printing includes a belt including a first surface; at least one heat source for heating the first |
| 8019265 |
Method and apparatus for stripping media from a surface in an apparatus useful in printing |
September 13, 2011 |
| An apparatus and method for stripping media from a surface and useful in printing may include a first member, a fixing belt, a first nip, a second nip, and a stripping device including a curved stripping edge contacting the inner surface of the fixing belt, the stripping edge being defin |
| 7970330 |
Fusers, printing apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media |
June 28, 2011 |
| Fusers, printing apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the fusers includes a pressure roll; a fuser belt; a nip formed by the fuser belt contacting the pressure roll, the nip including an inlet end where the medium enters the nip, |
| 7957657 |
Universal module for enabling measurements on color printers |
June 7, 2011 |
| A measurement module for a printer generally includes a page diverter mechanism configured to selectively divert a sheet of media from a main media path to a module media path; a rotating drum configured to receive the media from the module media path and to affix the media on an outer |
| 7899353 |
Method and apparatus for fusing toner onto a support sheet |
March 1, 2011 |
| Fuser assemblies for fusing toner on support sheets, electrophotographic apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on support sheets are disclosed. The fuser assembly includes a fuser belt; a thermally-insulated enclosure surrounding at least a portion of the fuser belt; a conveyor for |
| 7831164 |
Fuser with gloss feedback control |
November 9, 2010 |
| A method of controlling gloss in a printing system having a fuser. The method includes: creating a gloss look-up table for temperature settings; using the look-up table for temperature settings to determine a desired gloss range; measuring an actual gloss range on a substrate continuousl |
| 7817950 |
Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of stripping media from surfaces in apparatuses usef |
October 19, 2010 |
| Apparatuses useful for printing and methods for stripping media from surfaces in apparatuses useful for printing are disclosed. An apparatus useful for printing including a first member including a first outer surface; a second member including a second outer surface; a belt includin |
| 7764914 |
Fuser belt assembly |
July 27, 2010 |
| A fuser belt assembly of a xerographic marking device is provided with an endless fuser belt having an inner side and an outer side, a pressure pad movable between a cammed-in position in which the pressure pad contacts an inner side of the fuser belt to press an outer side of the fuser |
| 7742733 |
Fuser assemblies, xerographic apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media |
June 22, 2010 |
| Fuser assemblies, xerographic apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on media in xerographic apparatuses are disclosed. An embodiment of the fuser assemblies includes a fuser belt having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, at least a first roll and a s |
| 7738806 |
Fuser assemblies, xerographic apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media |
June 15, 2010 |
| Fuser assemblies for fusing toner on media, xerographic apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on media in xerographic apparatuses are disclosed. An embodiment of the fuser assemblies includes a fuser belt; a first roll supporting the fuser belt, the first roll including a first he |
| 7697878 |
Fuser assemblies, xerographic apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on copy sheets |
April 13, 2010 |
| Fuser assemblies for fusing toner on copy sheets, xerographic apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on copy sheets in xerographic apparatuses are disclosed. An embodiment of the fuser assemblies includes a continuous fuser belt including an inner surface and an outer surface opposite |
| 7505722 |
Convective hot air impingement device with localized return paths |
March 17, 2009 |
| This is a pre-heater system especially useful in an electrostatic marking apparatus. It is used to heat the toner and paper (media) prior to the paper entering the conventional fuser station. Using this pre-heater increases fusing productivity (ppm), widens media latitude and/or extends |
