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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick J Pelda, White Plains, NY (US);
Eugene A Wirth, Huntington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 169 70 ; 219388 ; 355133 ; 355 / ; 432 46 ;
Abstract
A fire extinguishing device for use with a heat fusing apparatus in an electrophotocopying machine, comprising a roller movably mounted above a copy paper conveyor associated with and located downstream of the heat fusing apparatus, means for moving the roller into rolling contact with the conveyor when an abnormality is detected in the fusing apparatus during the copying operation, and means for maintaining the roller out of rolling contact with the conveyor when no abnormality in the fusing apparatus is detected during the copying operation.