Curing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and articles of manufacture
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsFrancisco Javier Perez Gellida, Luis Fernando Martinez Nieto, Francisco Javier Rodriguez Escanuela
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Abstract
Curing apparatus, image forming apparatus and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example curing apparatus includes a curing unit to heat an area adjacent a substrate travel path, the curing unit having a width less than a width of the substrate travel path, and a controller to reciprocate the curing unit within the substrate width.
Claims20
A curing apparatus comprising:
- a curing unit to heat an area adjacent a substrate travel path, the curing unit having a width less than a width of the substrate travel path;
- and
- a controller to reciprocate the curing unit within the substrate width,
- wherein the controller is to move the curing unit at a first rate within a central region of a substrate in the substrate travel path and move the curing unit at a second rate within at least one edge region of the substrate, the second rate being slower than the first rate.
A curing assembly, comprising:
- a substrate travel path comprising a first width;
- a curing unit comprising an infrared (IR) lamp, a convection heater, air vents and a fan to move heated air from the convention heater out the air vents, the curing unit positioned in a direction of travel of a substrate in the substrate travel path, the curing unit to:
- move in a perpendicular direction relative to the direction of travel of the substrate travel path;
- and
- cease moving at outer edges of the substrate defining a second width, the second width being smaller than the first width;
- and
- a controller to control the movement of the curing unit based on the second width.
A curing assembly to be positioned in a direction of travel of a substrate in a substrate travel path having a first width, the curing assembly comprising:
- a curing unit to move along a width of a substrate in the substrate travel path and cease moving at an outer edge of the substrate,
- a carriage to reciprocate the curing unit of the curing assembly across the width of the substrate,
- wherein the carriage is to move the curing unit at a first rate within a central region of the substrate and move the curing unit at a second rate within at least one edge region of the substrate, the second rate being slower than the first rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.