Patent ID: 9727014
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A fuser roll usable in an electrophotographic printing machine, the fuser roll configured to form a nip between the fuser roll and a pressure roll through which a sheet is conveyed to permanently fuse an image onto the sheet, the fuser roll comprising a heater element having a single resistive trace, a common trace tapped to a first side of the resistive trace continuous across the resistive trace, and first and second conductive traces tapped to ends of the resistive trace at a second side of the resistive trace opposite the first side, the first and second conductive traces conductively segmented by a conductive gap between the conductive traces, the resistive trace including a separation gap extending through the resistive trace continuously from the second side of the resistive trace at the conductive gap towards the first side of the resistive trace to prevent current flow between the segmented conductive traces.