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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Malcolm G Davidson, Fairport, NY (US);
Nathan E Smith, Hamlin, NY (US);
Brian Gillis, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Malcolm G Davidson, Fairport, NY (US);
Nathan E Smith, Hamlin, NY (US);
Brian Gillis, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved fuser includes a heater that enhances uniform heating by altering the localized resistance which alters the localized power output of a resistive trace at the point of contact with a conductor trace in order to provide extra heating and thereby compensate for heat loss at the resistive trace/conductor trace junction.