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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth C. Peter, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
A non-scorching dryer assembly for drying a liquid ink image printed on a sheet of paper. The non-scorching dryer assembly includes a housing defining a portion of a sheet moving path; a sheet transport assembly for moving a sheet of paper carrying a liquid ink image on a front side thereof through the housing and along the portion of the sheet moving path; a heating system for heating the sheet of paper to a temperature sufficient to dry the liquid ink image thereon; and a forced air moving device connected to the housing for gently blowing air onto a side of the sheet of paper so as to prevent the sheet of paper from reaching a scorching temperature.