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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Douglas Campbell Hamilton, Lexington, KY (US);
Clark Edwin Jarnagin, Lexington, KY (US);
William Thomas Kearney, Iii, Lexington, KY (US);
Thomas Paul Maddox, Lexington, KY (US);
Douglas Campbell Hamilton, Lexington, KY (US);
Clark Edwin Jarnagin, Lexington, KY (US);
William Thomas Kearney, III, Lexington, KY (US);
Thomas Paul Maddox, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A fuser assembly includes a fuser housing, a fuser roller rotatably mounted to the fuser housing, an actuator mechanism, and a fuser detack mechanism. The fuser detack mechanism includes a detack housing pivotably mounted to the fuser housing. The fuser detack mechanism is pivoted from a first position to a second position when the actuator mechanism is actuated. A plurality of detack fingers is mounted to the detack housing. Each of the plurality of detack fingers has a distal end, wherein when the fuser detack mechanism is in the first position, the distal end of each of the plurality of detack fingers is positioned to be disengaged from an exterior surface of the fuser roller, and when the fuser detack mechanism is in the second position, the distal end of each of the plurality of detack fingers is positioned to be engaged with the exterior surface of the fuser roller.