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US 2014/0198164 A1Published application
Inkjet Printer Having An Image Drum Heating And Cooling System
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsBruce E. Thayer, Palghat S. Ramesh
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Abstract
An inkjet offset printer includes an image receiving drum assembly having a hollow drum with an external surface and an internal surface defining an internal cavity. A heating and a cooling system located in the internal cavity provides distributed heating and cooling to the internal surface of the drum. Heating and cooling can be provided to individual regions of the internal drum surface to maintain a substantially uniform external drum surface temperature.
Claims16
A heated drum assembly for use in a printer, the heated drum assembly comprising:
- a hollow drum including an external surface and an internal surface defining an internal cavity, the hollow drum having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis;
- a heater located in the internal cavity, the heater including three or more heating units, each of the heating units being individually controllable to heat three or more zones defined on the external surface of the hollow drum along a longitudinal axis of the hollow drum selectively;
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- a controller operatively connected to the heater, the controller being configured to regulate an amount of heat generated by each of the three or more heating units of the heater.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.