Printer or copier image fixing station with guide yoke having low-wear deflector edge
AssigneeOce Printing Systems GmbH
InventorWalter Kopp
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Abstract
A printer or copier device has a developer station with fixing drums for fixing the toner image on the recording medium. A guide yoke guides the recording medium to the fixing drums. The guide yoke includes a deflector edge over which the recording medium is fed. The deflector is replaceable and is formed of wear-resistant material in the region that contacts the recording medium. The deflector edge may include a deflector element with a plurality of deflection edges and which can be rotated to expose different edges.
Claims10
A fixing apparatus and guide yoke for fixing toner images on a web-shaped recording medium in a printer or copier device, comprising:
- a thermal fixing region including fixing drums and
- a guide yoke preceding the thermal fixing region in a running direction of the web-shaped recording medium whose end facing toward the thermal fixing region includes
- a deflector edge over which the web-shaped recording medium is supplied to the thermal fixing region, said deflector edge being in contact with the web-shaped recording medium at a contact region at least a portion of a time when said the web-shaped recording medium is being supplied to the thermal fixing region, said deflector edge being replaceably mounted and is composed of highly wear-resistant material, at least in a contacting region with the web-shaped recording medium, and
- a swivellable mounting which mounts said guide yoke preceding the thermal fixing direction, said swivellable mounting permitting said guide yoke to be swivelled as needed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.