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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

B. Mark Hirst, Boise, ID (US);

Mark Wibbels, Boise, ID (US);

Kenneth E. Heath, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ; H05B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ; H05B 1/00 ;
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a fusing system for fusing toner to a recording medium. The fusing system comprises a fuser roller that does not have an internal heat source, a pressure roller that does not have an internal heat source, the pressure roller being in contact with the fuser roller, and an external heat source that heats at least one of the fuser and pressure rollers.


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