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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Bryan J Roof, Newark, NY (US);
Steven E Ready, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jurgen H Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory J Kovacs, Webster, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bryan J Roof, Newark, NY (US);
Steven E Ready, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jurgen H Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory J Kovacs, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/425 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus fixes ink on a substrate, such as in ink-jet printing. A leveling member is positioned to contact an ink-bearing side of the substrate at a nip. A radiation source is positioned to direct radiation to the ink-bearing side of the substrate at the nip, the radiation suitable for curing the ink on the substrate.