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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2009
Gregory Daniel Creteau, Winchester, KY (US);
James Douglas Gilmore, Georgetown, KY (US);
Michael David Maul, Lexington, KY (US);
Miranda Elizabeth Oaks, Lexington, KY (US);
Katherine Mary Mulloy, Lexington, KY (US);
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry Wayne Smith, Irvine, KY (US);
Scott Shiaoshin Wu, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Daniel Creteau, Winchester, KY (US);
James Douglas Gilmore, Georgetown, KY (US);
Michael David Maul, Lexington, KY (US);
Miranda Elizabeth Oaks, Lexington, KY (US);
Katherine Mary Mulloy, Lexington, KY (US);
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry Wayne Smith, Irvine, KY (US);
Scott Shiaoshin Wu, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., , KY (US);
Abstract
An image-forming device includes a belt based fuser for fixing an image to a media substrate. The fuser includes a heater having a base component with at least one heating element disposed thereon. The heater further includes a covering layer covering the at least one heating element providing a substantially even surface to abut a belt. Unevenness, which may be present on the substantially even surface, has a height, defined by a base and a peak, of less than about 10 μm. A process for producing the heater is also disclosed. The process includes disposing one or more heating elements on a base component of the heater, covering the heating elements of the fuser heater with a covering layer and providing a substantially even outer surface to abut a fuser belt.