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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
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 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 feed channel configured to direct solid ink sticks towards the melt plate to enable a leading edge of a solid ink stick to be melted by the heated melt plate, and a controller configured to separate the heater and the leading edge of the ink stick by a distance that arrest melting of the ink stick.