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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terrence L Fisher, Sr, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer has a fuser roller and a heating element movable relative to the roller between a nonfusing position and a fusing position. At the nonfusing position, the heating element is spaced a first preselected distance from the roller, and at the fusing position, the heating element is spaced a second preselected distance from the roller with the first distance being greater than the second distance. A protective web traverses a path between the heating element and the roller and covers a portion of the roller surface greater than the width of the heating element to thereby protect the roller surface.