Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kevin R. Kopner
  • Heat transfer apparatus for an image bearing member
    Patent number: 6393245
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer member defines a transfer nip with a transfuse member. A cooling platen contacts the intermediate transfer member in the post-transfer nip region. The cooling platen absorbs heat from the intermediate transfer member to evaporate a liquid into a gas. The gas is directed to a heating platen contacting the pre-nip region of the intermediate transfer member. The heating platen condenses the gas to a liquid to heat the intermediate transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy Y. Jia, Gerald M. Fletcher, John S. Berkes, Kim S. Buell