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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Lehi Jones, Atlanta, GA (US);
Lamar Heath Gipson, Acworth, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 23 ; 101 32 ; 399329 ; 399333 ;
Abstract
A fuser apparatus for use with coated media to encapsulate and bond with ink-jet oriented inks. The apparatus includes one or more endless belts to create durable images with a smooth or textured finish on media coated with a fusible coating. In one preferred embodiment, two endless belts are used, each with a different surface texture, to provide the user with two fusible coating texture options, depending upon which way the coated media (e.g. paper) is placed upon the fuser.