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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1983
Filed:
May. 22, 1981
Albert N Garthwaite, Boulder, CO (US);
Luis A Suarez, Jr, Longmont, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A flash system for fusing or fixing thermoplastic resin such as toner onto an image support sheet includes a pair of flash fusing assemblies disposed in side-by-side relationship. Each assembly includes a reflector with a flash lamp positioned within said reflector. The flash lamps are coupled in parallel to a common energy charging source. The flash lamps are triggered alternatively so that each section of the support sheet is fused by a different lamp. In an alternate embodiment, a single lamp is moved at one half the speed of the support sheet. The lamp is triggered sequentially to fuse the entire sheet.