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US 2008/0166652 A1Published application
Hot air convective glosser
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorPaul M. FROMM
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Abstract
A system and method to control image gloss in an electrophotographic system or the like using hot air convective heating of the toner image on a recording medium.
Claims20
A hot air convection glosser that increases the glossiness and uniformity of gloss of a toner image formed on a sheet, the glosser comprising:
- a sheet transporter operable to receive the sheet to which the toner image has been fixed and to transport the sheet;
- and
- a heating unit that blows hot air onto the toner image to heat the toner image.
A hot air convection glosser that improves the gloss of a toner image fixed on a substrate, comprising:
- sheet transportation means for receiving the sheet and transporting the sheet;
- convective heating means for convectively heating at least a portion of the toner image during transport of the sheet;
- and
- hot air removal means for removing the hot air after the hot air has been provided to the toner image.
1 more element
A method of increasing glossiness of a toner image formed on a sheet, the method comprising:
- receiving the sheet to which the toner image has been fixed;
- and
- conveying the sheet past a supply of heated air that is blown onto the toner image so as to partially melt the toner image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.