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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Kato, Okayama-ken, JP;
Hiroyasu Kikukawa, Okayama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Gore-Tex, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118264 ; 118D / ; 184 17 ; 184 23 ; 184101 ; 151035 ; 492 56 ;
Abstract
A liquid metering and coating assembly for use in a thermal toner fixation unit of a plain paper copier or printer. The assembly consists of a release oil-supply roll having a compliant and flexible porous permeation control layer and a cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is mounted so as to contact the surface of the permeation control material. The cleaning blade removes excess toner and other incidental debris from the surface of the permeation control layer thereby providing a freshly cleaned surface from which controlled amounts of release oil are uniformly coated onto the surface of an adjacent contacting roll.