Patent ID: 6783226
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A heater assembly for drying ink images on a recording medium, the heater assembly comprising:a channel in a frame, said channel having a first side and a second side perpendicular to an open end, said first side opposite said second side; and a heating member having a first edge and a second edge, said heating member being mounted in said channel, said first edge of said heating member being against said first side of said channel, said second edge of said heating member being against said second side of said channel, said mounting of said heating member in said channel creating a convex curve shape to said heating member that produces self-tensioning in said heating member and a gap underneath said heating member, said convex curve shape of said heating member extending out of an open end of said channel, thereby insuring uniform contact between said heating member and said recording medium.