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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2006
Russell Edward Lucas, Lexington, KY (US);
Katherine Mary Mulloy, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry Wayne Smith, Irvine, KY (US);
Fangsheng Wu, Lexington, KY (US);
Russell Edward Lucas, Lexington, KY (US);
Katherine Mary Mulloy, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry Wayne Smith, Irvine, KY (US);
Fangsheng Wu, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A heater element is provided adapted to heat a belt in a fuser assembly. The heater element comprises laterally spaced-apart first and second features. The first feature may have a first inner surface and the second feature may have a second inner surface facing the first inner surface. Preferably, at least a majority portion of at least one of the first and second inner surfaces is positioned at an oblique angle relative to a reference line extending substantially perpendicular to a path a substrate moves along as it passes through the fuser assembly.