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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. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Duane A Preszler, River Falls, WI (US);
Kent R Struble, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
David J McDaniel, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
George G Lunde, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34392 ; 34393 ; 34421 ; 34430 ; 34 62 ; 34 66 ; 34629 ;
Abstract
An article for cooling an imaging material which has been heated to a first temperature by a thermal processor. The article includes a first cooling section on which the imaging material rides after the imaging material exits the thermal processor. The first cooling section is at a lower temperature than the first temperature. The first cooling section has a curved shape such that the imaging material is curved when riding on and being cooled by the first cooling section.