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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1975
Malcolm W Sikes, Jr, Webster, NY (US);
Sudarshan S Bains, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul D Norder, Fairport, NY (US);
Jeffery L Sisson, Macedon, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An improved pressure heated fusing apparatus for a copier/duplicator machine capable of simplex and duplex operation wherein the copy sheets make two passes through processing stations including a first roll which is heated to a temperature sufficient to fuse toner images onto paper support sheet material and a second roll made of an elastic material arranged axially parallel with said first roll to define a nip through which the paper support sheet material bearing toner images is passed having a longitudinal cross-sectional shape with a maximum diameter at the ends and a minimum diameter at the center.