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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Martin F Zess, Churchville, NY (US);
Jason M Lefevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Inventors:
Martin F Zess, Churchville, NY (US);
Jason M Lefevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a lubricating supply system for a fuser assembly of a printing process having a perforated sleeve, the perforated sleeve supporting a semi-porous foam roll. The perforated sleeve slips around the outer surface of a rotating shaft in order that the lubricant supplied to the hollow of the rotating shaft is diffused through the perforated sleeve and foam roll to lubricate a heated surface of the fuser assembly. A lubricant port connects a source of lubricant to the hollow portion of the rotating shaft.