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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Peter Alden Bayerle, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeffery James Buchanan, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Clark Campbell, Lexington, KY (US);
Benjamin Karnik Johnson, Lexington, KY (US);
Charles Scott McDavid, Frankfort, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A fuser assembly for an electrophotographic imaging device which transfers heat from overheated portions of the fuser assembly to portions having lesser temperatures. The fuser assembly includes a heating member; a backup roll disposed proximate to the heating member so as to form a fuser nip therewith, wherein rotation of the backup roll causes the heating member to rotate; and a first roll in contact with one of the backup roll and the heating member such that rotation of the one of the backup roll and the heating member rotates the first roll, the first roll including a heat pipe disposed therein.