Lexmark International, Inc.

Michael Alan Cleary

Fangsheng Wu

Douglas Campbell Hamilton

A fuser assembly for an imaging device is shown and described. The fuser assembly includes a heat transfer member for generating heat and a backup roll coupled to the heat transfer member and rotatable therewith. The backup roll includes a central core and a rubber layer surrounding the central core. The fuser assembly further includes a plurality of end cap members, each end cap member being disposed at an end of the backup roll and dimensioned for substantially preventing outward expansion of the rubber layer in an axial direction of the backup roll.

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Lexington, KY, United States of America

Michael Alan Cleary