REDISTRIBUTING RELEASE AGENT USING FLEXIBLE BLADE IN IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for redistributing release agent on a fuser surface of an image forming device according to various illustrative embodiments.SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a fuser surface 110 for contacting a sheet of media having an image formed thereon by the image...

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Main Authors PADULA JAMES J, AUGUSTO BARTON
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.05.2012
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for redistributing release agent on a fuser surface of an image forming device according to various illustrative embodiments.SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a fuser surface 110 for contacting a sheet of media having an image formed thereon by the image forming device, the fuser surface moving in a traveling direction; and a flexible blade 300 for redistributing the release agent on the fuser surface from a first post-fusing distribution to a second distribution, the flexible blade contacting the release agent on the fuser surface at a contact area and pressing the release agent against the fuser surface to redistribute the release agent from the first post-fusing distribution to the second distribution. The flexible blade is adapted to redistribute the release agent such that the second distribution is more uniform across the fuser surface than the first post-fusing distribution.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20110228381