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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2005
Martin F. Zess, Churchville, NY (US);
Mark S. Amico, Pittsford, NY (US);
Martin F. Zess, Churchville, NY (US);
Mark S. Amico, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An image formation apparatus that has a fuser roll/belt in pressure contact with a pressure roll that forms a nip, a meter roll that receives a release agent, a donor roll in press contact with the meter roll and is disposed between the meter roll and the fuser roll/belt to transport the release agent from the meter roll to the fuser roll/belt, a metering blade disposed adjacent to the meter roll that regulates an amount of release agent on the surface of the meter roll, and a smoothing/camouflaging device in contact with a surface of one or more of the fuser roll/belt, the meter roll and the donor roll, that smoothes/camouflages a non-uniform application of the release agent.