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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
David P. Platt, Newberg, OR (US);
Chad D. Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Isaac S. Frazier, Portland, OR (US);
Jason Woebkenberg, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Brent R. Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
David P. Platt, Newberg, OR (US);
Chad D. Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Isaac S. Frazier, Portland, OR (US);
Jason Woebkenberg, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Brent R. Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system has been developed that controls application of heat with a melt plate to an ink stick in a solid ink imaging device. The system includes a melt plate, a heater configured to heat the melt plate to a temperature sufficient to melt solid ink, a heat transfer unit configured to cool the melt plate to arrest the melting of the solid ink within a predetermined time, and a controller configured to actuate the heat transfer unit to selectively cool the melt plate in response to reaching a heater power off phase.