Patent ID: 7058346

Claim:
A fast acting fusing method comprising: (a.) first moving a certain quantity of working liquid within a fusing heat pipe device from a heat transferring region of said fusing heat pipe device to an induction heating region of said fusing heat pipe device for maximizing liquid-to-device wall contact area within said induction heating region; (b.) applying heat to said induction heating region of said fusing heat pipe device for heating said working liquid within said induction heating region; (c.) allowing heated vapors from said working liquid being heated within said induction heating region to move into said heat transferring region of said fusing heat pipe device for heating said heat transferring region; (d.) comparing heating of said heat transferring region of said fusing heat pipe device to a given heating value; and (e.) next moving said certain quantity of working liquid back from said induction heating region to said heat transferring region when heating of said heat transferring region of said fusing heat pipe device reaches said given heating value.