Patent ID: 7813693

Claim:
A print media preheater, comprising: an upper heating plate arranged to heat a previously printed side of a print media; a lower heating plate fixed in position and arranged to heat a side of the print media opposite the previously printed side; a hook arranged on an upper surface of the upper heating plate; a pivot connection; and a lever pivotably connected to the pivot connection, pivotably connected to the hook, and structured to relieve a pressure exerted on the print media by the upper heating plate by lifting the upper heating plate; in which: the hook is arranged on the upper surface of the upper heating plate closer to an entry end of the upper heating plate than to an exit end of the upper heating plate; the lever and hook are positioned to lift the upper heating plate such that a print media entrance gap between the upper heating plate and the lower plate is greater than a print media exit gap between the upper heating plate and a lower plate; the lever is disposed to rotate about the pivot connection on a first axis; the hook is disposed to rotate about the lever on a second axis; and the first axis is different from the second axis.