Patent ID: 6378409
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B26D,B26F,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
An image forming device comprising:an image transferring device including an image forming engine that forms a developed image on a sheet; an image fixing device that fixes the developed image on the sheet, the image fixing device operatively associated with the image transferring device; a first roller made of a first elastomeric material; a second roller made of a second elastomeric material wherein the first elastomeric material forming the first roller is less dense than a second elastomeric material forming the second roller, the first and second rollers placed adjacent to each other, and operatively associated with the image fixing device; and a hole punch contained within the first roller that punches holes in the sheet, wherein the hole punch includes a nip formed on one edge of the hole punch, such that the nip does not cut the sheet and a slug cut from the sheet by the hole punch remains attached to the sheet.