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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:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Kopp, Taufkirchen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
A printer or copier device has a developer station with fixing drums for fixing the toner image on the recording medium. A guide yoke guides the recording medium to the fixing drums. The guide yoke includes a deflector edge over which the recording medium is fed. The deflector is replaceable and is formed of wear-resistant material in the region that contacts the recording medium. The deflector edge may include a deflector element with a plurality of deflection edges and which can be rotated to expose different edges.