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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:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael R Elter, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 219216 ; 432 60 ;
Abstract
An apparatus in which an image on a sheet of support material is fused thereto. A fuser roller is arranged to contact the sheet of support material having the image to be fused thereon. The fuser roller has a heating element disposed internally and extending substantially along the longitudinal axis thereof. The heating element is asymmetrical with respect to a reference axis extending through the center of the fuser roller and normal to the longitudinal axis thereof.