Fuser apparatus having fuser cleaner web and corresponding methods
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorPaul M. Fromm
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of controlling a speed of a fuser cleaner web in a fuser apparatus, and the corresponding fuser apparatus. The method utilizes a fuser apparatus having a fuser roll and a web nip roll, the fuser cleaner web for cleaning the fuser roll and being disposed between the fuser roll and the web nip roll. The method determines a property of a media to be fused in the fuser apparatus, and controls a speed of the fuser cleaner web based on the determined property of the media.
Claims19
A method of controlling a speed of a fuser cleaner web in a fuser apparatus, the fuser apparatus having a fuser roll and a web nip roll, the fuser cleaner web for cleaning the fuser roll and being disposed between the fuser roll and the web nip roll, comprising:
- determining a property of a media to be fused in the fuser apparatus;
- and
- controlling a speed of the fuser cleaner web based on the determined property of the media.
A fuser apparatus, comprising:
- a fuser roll;
- a web nip roll;
- and
- a fuser cleaner web disposed between the fuser roll and the web nip roll, the fuser cleaner web for cleaning the fuser roll, wherein a speed of the fuser cleaner web is controlled based on a determined property of a media to be fused in the fuser apparatus.
A fuser apparatus, comprising:
- a fuser roll;
- a web nip roll;
- a fuser cleaner web disposed between the fuser roll and the web nip roll;
- a plurality of heat rolls disposed between the fuser roll and the fuser cleaner web, wherein the fuser cleaner web is for indirectly cleaning the fuser roll, wherein a speed of the fuser cleaner web is controlled based on a determined property of a media to be fused in the fuser apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.