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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2002
Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Elias Panides, Whitestone, NY (US);
S. Warren Lohr, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Roger Leighton, Rochester, NY (US);
Dawn Api, Rochester, NY (US);
Narayan V. Deshpande, Penfield, NY (US);
Andrew W. Hays, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A dryer assembly for drying a liquid ink image formed on a substrate comprising a housing defining a portion of a sheet moving path; a plenum positioned within the housing, the plenum including air flow and outlet means contiguous to the plenum permitting forced air to exit the plenum, the outlet being in the form of a plurality of moving openings adapted to direct flowing air through the openings to the liquid image, the openings moving relative to the image; and a substrate transport device for moving the substrate carrying the liquid ink image on a front side thereof through the housing and under the plurality of moving openings. The dryer assembly has particular use in an ink jet printing system.