Xerox Corporation

Richard C Dray

Erwin Ruiz

Michael Nicholas Soures

Gregory P Mahoney

Robert M Jacobs

Steven J Fiore

Michael L Povio

Jennifer A Kciuk

Cheng-Ning Jong

Martin Oksenhorn

An apparatus () and method () that detaches media from a fuser in a printer is disclosed. The method can include feeding () a media sheet through a fuser member and applying () gas from an air knife to the media sheet on the fuser member to detach the media sheet at a detach point from the fuser member. The method can also include asserting () tension on the media sheet using a set of rotational members and continuing to apply gas from the air knife to the media sheet until the set of rotational members asserts tension on the media sheet.

Apparatus and method for detaching media from a fuser in a printer

A belt photoreceptor in a xerographic printer is entrained on a roller formed from a set of discs. Each disc defines an outer circumference and a flexible main portion. The outer circumferences of a set of discs effectively form a single outer surface of the roller. The discs are flexible and can move against each other, to allow stabilization of the photoreceptor belt, but are in sufficient contact with one another to enable heat to be distributed evenly across the roller.

Roller for supporting an imaging belt in a printing apparatus

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Richard C Dray