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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
David Alan Vankouwenberg, Avon, NY (US);
Andrew Wayne Hays, Fairport, NY (US);
David Alan VanKouwenberg, Avon, NY (US);
Andrew Wayne Hays, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A printer includes a system for cooling an image receiving member. The image receiving member cooling system includes an image receiving member having a first end and a second end, a first heater mounted within the image receiving member for heating the image receiving member in the vicinity of the first end, a second heater mounted within the image receiving member for heating the image receiving member in the vicinity of the second end, a first temperature detector located proximate the first end of the image receiving member, a second temperature detector located proximate the second end of the image receiving member, a fan mounted at one end of the image receiving member, and a controller electrically coupled to the first and the second temperature detectors and the fan, the controller for activating the fan to move air from the end at which a higher temperature is detected past the other end.