# US 10,479,110 B2 · Partially dried inkjet media fusers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,110 B2 - Document ID: US10479110B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/763,509 - Filed: 2016-01-15 - Published: 2018-09-27 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-15 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Inventors: Steve O Rasmussen; Mark H MacKenzie; Bradley B Branham; Jeffrey G Bingham - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479110B2 ## CPC - B41J 11/0024: {using conduction means, e.g. by using a heated platen} - B41J 11/0005: {Curl smoothing, i.e. smoothing down corrugated printing material, e.g. by pressing means acting on wrinkled printing material} - B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)} - B41M 5/0011: {Pre-treatment or treatment during printing of the recording material, e.g. heating, irradiating (after-treatment of prints B41M7/00; printers for treating or overcoating copy materials before, during or after printing B41J11/0015)} - B65H 23/34: Apparatus for taking-out curl from webs - D21H 25/04: Physical treatment, e.g. heating, irradiating (D21H25/18 takes precedence; dryer section of machines for making continuous webs of paper D21F5/00) - G03G 15/6576: {Decurling of sheet material} - B41M 7/00: After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, {setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock (pre-treatment or treatment during printing B41M5/0011; printers for treating or overcoating copy materials before, during or after printing B41J11/0015)} - B65H 2301/51256: Removing waviness or curl, smoothing - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - D21H: PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY ## Abstract In one example, a system for partially dried inkjet media fusers include a plurality of fusers aligned to receive partially dried inkjet media from a printing device, wherein the plurality of fusers each comprise a top roller and a bottom roller to apply pressure to the received partially dried inkjet media, and a finisher to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the plurality of fusers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising: a plurality of fusers aligned to receive partially dried inkjet media from a printing device, wherein the plurality of fusers each comprise a top roller and a bottom roller to apply pressure to the received partially dried inkjet media; and a finisher to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the plurality of fusers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein a number of the top rollers of the plurality of fusers comprise a heated roller. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein a number of the bottom rollers of the plurality of fusers comprise a heated roller. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein a first fuser of the plurality of fusers comprises a bottom roller that is a heated roller and a top roller that is a non-heated roller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein a second fuser of the plurality of fusers comprises a bottom roller that is a non-heated roller and a top roller that is a heated roller. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fusers apply a wrap angle to the partially dried inkjet media when the partially dried inkjet media passes from a first fuser to a second fuser. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein a position of at least one of the plurality of fusers is altered when the partially dried inkjet media is passing over the at least one of the plurality of fusers. ### Claim 8 A system for partially dried inkjet media fusers, comprising: a conditioner comprising a plurality of fusers to apply a pressure to partially dried inkjet media passing through the conditioner; a printing device coupled to a first end of the conditioner to provide partially dried inkjet media to the conditioner; and a finishing device coupled to a second end of the conditioner to receive partially dried inkjet media from the conditioner. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of fusers apply a wrap angle to the partially dried inkjet media when the partially dried inkjet media passes from a first fuser to a second fuser. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein a position of at least one of the plurality of fusers is altered when the partially dried inkjet media is passing over the at least one of the plurality of fusers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one of the plurality of fusers is located between at least two stationary fusers. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, comprising an air circulation device coupled to the conditioner. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the air circulation device circulates air within the conditioner and removes moisture from within the conditioner. ### Claim 14 A system for partially dried inkjet media fusers, comprising: a conditioner comprising: a first fuser comprising a heated bottom roller and a non-heated top roller to receive partially dried inkjet media from a printing device; a second fuser comprising a non-heated bottom roller and a heated top roller to receive partially dried inkjet media from the first fuser; a third fuser comprising a heated bottom roller and a non-heated top roller to receive partially dried inkjet media from the second fuser. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the first fuser and the third fuser are substantially aligned at a first level and the second fuser is positioned at a second level that is different than the first. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the second fuser applies additional tension to the partially dried inkjet media compared to the first fuser and the third fuser. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the partially dried inkjet media wraps around a corresponding heated roller as the partially dried inkjet media passes through the conditioner.