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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Karen Elaine Ballman, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Patrick Wayne Carr, Jr., Corinth, KY (US);
Gregory Daniel Creteau, Winchester, KY (US);
Clark Edward Jarnagin, Richmond, KY (US);
Donald Eugene Proffitt, Richmond, KY (US);
Edward Alan Rush, Richmond, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An imaging device having a fuser and print engine architecture that enables complete interchangeability between fuser types with a common print engine. The imaging device has a frame configured to separately receive a first fuser assembly of a first fuser type and a second fuser assembly of a second fuser type different from the first fuser type. The first fuser assembly includes a first fuser frame having a first datum tab. The second fuser assembly includes a second fuser frame having a second datum tab. The frame of the imaging device has a datum aperture that is sized to receive the first datum tab that when inserted into the datum aperture, causes the first fuser assembly to be positioned at a first operative position, and the second datum tab that when inserted into the datum aperture, causes the second fuser assembly to be positioned at a second operative position.