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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael David Maul, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Alan Rush, Lexington, KY (US);
David William Shuman, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
An oil web system and method for operating a fuser system of an imaging apparatus in which remaining life of the oil web is determined from data on drive mechanism activation and data on web advancement lengths. A warning signal can be issued upon a predetermined remaining length being reached, and the machine can be disabled upon exhaustion of the web life.