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US 5,313,256 AGranted
Electrophotographic printer with associated embossing device
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRaphael F. Bov, Jr., William C. Howe
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Abstract
A device for embossing electrophotographically printed sheets is operatively disposed downstream of a fusing station. The device includes a rotatable member having a relief defined on an edge thereof for pressing into the sheet. The rotatable member is rotated by the same mechanism that drives the fusing station.
Claims9
In an electrophotographic printer, of the type in which a latent image recorded on a photoreceptor is developed with magnetic particles and the magnetic particles are transferred to a sheet, the improvement comprising:
- means for permanently fusing the magnetic particles to the sheet;
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- means, operatively associated with the fusing means, for embossing an embossed image in the sheet after the magnetic particles have been fused to the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.