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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Daniel Paul Cahill, Verona, KY (US);
Thomas Paul Maddux, Lexington, KY (US);
Chad Michael Piening, Lexington, KY (US);
Louann Behymer Samuels, Georgetown, KY (US);
Curtis Duane Woodson, Georgetown, KY (US);
Daniel Paul Cahill, Verona, KY (US);
Thomas Paul Maddux, Lexington, KY (US);
Chad Michael Piening, Lexington, KY (US);
Louann Behymer Samuels, Georgetown, KY (US);
Curtis Duane Woodson, Georgetown, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A system and drive arrangement for using fuser temperature cycling to change rotational position of a fuser roller wiper includes a frame, a hot roll, a fuser roller, and a drive arrangement. The frame of the fuser unit has side panels spaced apart from one another and positioned alongside a media path through the fuser unit. The hot roll on the fuser unit is rotatably mounted to the side panels of the frame and extends between the side panels across the media path. The fuser roller wiper is rotatably mounted between the side panels of the frame and performs a wiping action on the hot roll to remove foreign matter therefrom and supply of lubricant thereto. The drive arrangement is coupled to the fuser roller wiper and is operable in response to decrease in temperature of the fuser unit to rotate the fuser roller wiper.