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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Kelvin Kwong, Tualatin, OR (US);
Darrell Ray Finneman, Albany, OR (US);
Stephen Ray Ricketts, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Samuel John Geser, Tigard, OR (US);
Kelvin Kwong, Tualatin, OR (US);
Darrell Ray Finneman, Albany, OR (US);
Stephen Ray Ricketts, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Samuel John Geser, Tigard, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A heater for preheating media in an imaging device including a substantially planar polymeric carrier having an exterior surface. A channel is recessed into the exterior surface of the carrier. A resistance heating element is disposed in the channel, the resistance heating element having a first and second end for coupling to a power source. The heater includes an over molded polymeric layer disposed in the channel such that the resistance heating element is substantially encapsulated in the channel and such that an exterior surface of the over molded layer is substantially flush with the exterior surface of the carrier.