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US 10,539,376 B2Granted
Fuser assemblies
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSteve O Rasmussen
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Abstract
Some examples include a fuser assembly to operate with a roller including a fuser housing, and an array of fusers disposed in the fuser housing, each fuser including a heating element exposed along a surface of the fuser housing and adjacent to an outer surface of the roller.
Claims20
A fuser assembly to operate with a roller, comprising:
- a fuser housing;
- and
- an array of fusers disposed in the fuser housing, wherein each fuser among the array of fusers includes:
- a metal housing, a plastic mount contained within the metal housing, and a ceramic substrate attached to the plastic mount;
- and
- a heating element disposed on the ceramic substrate and exposed along a surface of the fuser housing and adjacent to an outer surface of the roller.
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A media conditioner to operate with a printing apparatus, comprising:
- a roller;
- a fuser housing disposed parallel to the roller;
- and
- an array of fusers disposed in the fuser housing, wherein each fuser among the array of fusers includes:
- a metal housing and a plastic mount contained within the metal housing, and a ceramic substrate attached to the plastic mount;
- and
- a heating element disposed on the ceramic substrate and exposed along a surface of the housing,
- wherein each fuser among the array of fusers defines a contact zone disposed adjacent the roller, and
- wherein the contact zone provides at least one of drying of printing fluid and smoothing fibers of a media.
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A method of conditioning media, comprising:
- rotating a roller in a first direction;
- rotationally moving a tubular belt in a second direction around an array of fusers disposed within a fuser housing, wherein each fuser among the array of fusers includes:
- a metal housing and a plastic mount contained within the metal housing;
- a ceramic substrate attached to the plastic mount;
- and
- a heating element disposed on the ceramic substrate;
- passing media between the array of fusers and the roller;
- applying heat from the heating elements to the passing media;
- applying a force to compress the media between the roller and the array of fusers;
- deforming the roller against the array of fusers;
- forming a contact area along each of the fusers in the array of fusers against the roller;
- and
- using the contact area, drying a printing fluid applied to the media and smoothing fibers of the media.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.