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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:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
William H Wayman, Ontario, NY (US);
Rasin Moser, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A rapid warm-up fuser belt (and fusers and marking machines that use such a fuser belt) comprised of a conductive substrate having a resistive heating layer on one side and a release layer on the other side. The fuser belt further enables an electrical contact to the conductive substrate. Electrical current passing through the conductive substrate and through the resistive heating layer, causes the resistive heating layer to heat. The fuser belt can either provide for a direct electrical connection to the resistive heating layer, or it can include a semiconductive layer on the resistive heating layer that improves the electrical connection to the resistive heating layer.