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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2004
Larry Christopher Coleman, Lexington, KY (US);
Russell Edward Lucas, Lexington, KY (US);
Jason Kyle Romain, Versailles, KY (US);
Larry Earl Stahlman, Versailles, KY (US);
Larry Christopher Coleman, Lexington, KY (US);
Russell Edward Lucas, Lexington, KY (US);
Jason Kyle Romain, Versailles, KY (US);
Larry Earl Stahlman, Versailles, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for the reduction of wrinkles formed in sheets of paper media which may contain various levels of absorbed moisture across the surface and which are processed through a fuser section of a printing or copying device. Protruding features may be provided laterally spaced apart by a desired paper width at the fuser nip to create a pressure contact area which constrains the outer longitudinal edges of the sheet of paper as it enters the nip.