US 11,904,598 B2
Conditioners including conditioner shutdown
Jody L Clayburn, Vancouver, WA (US); Ian Anderson, Vancouver, WA (US); and Brooke Hoyer, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/048,027
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 25, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/043702
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/023031, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0170742 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B41F 23/04 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC B41F 23/0443 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0005 (2013.01); B41J 11/0024 (2021.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41M 7/009 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conditioner comprising:
a pressure roller assembly;
a tension roller assembly;
a heating element to heat the pressure roller assembly;
a pressure roller drive motor to rotate the pressure roller assembly;
a tension drive motor to rotate the tension roller assembly; and
a controller to receive a print job complete notification to initiate a conditioner shutdown and in response to the print job complete notification:
turn off the tension drive motor;
in response to turning off the tension drive motor, set the heating element to a predetermined temperature and wait a first predetermined period;
in response to the first predetermined period elapsing, turn off the heating element; and
in response to turning the heating element off, turn off the pressure roller drive motor.