Patent ID: 6843297
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: B41J,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An overcoat application apparatus for applying a laminate overcoat to a print media, the apparatus including a cartridge holder having a laminator cartridge-receiving slot and comprising: a) a laminate cartridge comprising a housing including a donor core having one or more teeth engaging the cartridge-receiving slot of the cartridge holder such that when the core is raised in the slot, the core is disengaged from the cartridge holder; b) a spool of laminate carrying donor, comprising a donor layer and an overcoat layer, wound on the donor core; c) an entry roller for accepting printed media from a printer; d) a guide bar that guides the laminate carrying donor into a nip formed by a heated fuser roller and a pressure roller; e) one of the heated fuser roller and the pressure roller being rotated to transport the printed media and the laminate carrying donor through the nip and the heated fuser roller applying heat to the laminate carrying donor and the printed media to laminate the overcoat layer to the print media to provide an overcoated print media; f) a peel bar positioned to separate the donor layer of the laminate carrying donor from the overcoat layer laminated to the printed media; g) an exit roller which accepts the overcoated printed media and transports it from the overcoat application apparatus; and h) a take-up spool that collects the donor layer.