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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
William P. Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark K. Demoor, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Steven J. Harris, Lexington, KY (US);
John W. Kietzman, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory H. Mcclure, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry W. Smith, Irvine, KY (US);
William P. Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark K. DeMoor, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Steven J. Harris, Lexington, KY (US);
John W. Kietzman, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory H. McClure, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry W. Smith, Irvine, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A plurality of universal fuser heating apparatus embodiments are provided, each of which is capable of receiving any one of a number of input AC line voltages falling within at least two AC line voltage ranges. In each embodiment, the fuser heating apparatus has a first, low effective resistance corresponding to AC line voltages falling within low AC line voltage ranges and a second, high effective resistance corresponding to AC line voltages falling within high AC line voltage ranges.