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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1995
Roger J Kuhns, Lincoln, MA (US);
Scott Chandler, Acton, MA (US);
Avant Incorporated, Concord, MA (US);
Abstract
A variable speed, constant temperature laminator including a slot with a terminal portion for receiving perfect binders, rollers for applying heat and pressure to items to be laminated therebetween, a channel for feeding the items to be laminated between the rollers, a heater disposed along a length of the channel terminating in at least one arcuate fin member disposed closely adjacent to and at least partially about the rollers, the heater further includes a thin walled portion proximate the terminal portion of the slot for heating perfect binders received in the slot; and a driver for driving the rollers at variable speeds for maintaining a constant actual temperature for the heater and constant pressure while achieving a variable effective temperature for items passing between the rollers.