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  • Method of preventing media wrinkling
    Patent number: 7403737
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for the reduction of wrinkles formed in sheets of paper media which may contain various levels of absorbed moisture across the surface and which are processed through a fuser section of a printing or copying device. Protruding features may be provided laterally spaced apart by a desired paper width at the fuser nip to create a pressure contact area which constrains the outer longitudinal edges of the sheet of paper as it enters the nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Christopher Coleman, Russell Edward Lucas, Jason Kyle Romain, Larry Earl Stahlman
  • Component for an image forming apparatus with designed thermal response
    Patent number: 7276674
    Abstract: The present invention provides a component that exhibits a designed thermal response which may be used in an image forming apparatus. The component may include a roller that contacts a heating device such as a fuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jichang Cao, Stephen Francis DeFosse, Hrishikesh Pramod Gogate, Edward Lawrence Kiely, Michael David Maul, Ganesh Vinayak Phatak, Jerry Wayne Smith