Patent ID: 9400481
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fuser assembly for fusing toner to sheets of media, comprising: a housing; a heating member; a backup roll disposed proximate to the heating member so as to form a fuser nip therewith; a heat transfer device selectively contacting one of the backup roll and the heating member such that rotation of the one of the backup roll and the heating member rotates the heat transfer device, wherein when the heat transfer device contacts the one of the backup roll and the heating member, the heat transfer device transfers heat from one location on the one of the backup roll and the heating member to a second location thereon; a positioning mechanism coupling the heat transfer device to the housing, the positioning mechanism moving the heat transfer device between a first position in which the heat transfer device is engaged with and contacts the one of the backup roll and the heating member and a second position in which the heat transfer device is disengaged and spaced apart therefrom; and a latch mechanism selectively coupled to the heat transfer device, the latch mechanism selectively maintaining the heat transfer device in the second position at a spaced distance the from one of the backup roll and the heating member, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a crossbar member to which the heat transfer device is coupled, the crossbar member including an edge, wherein the latch mechanism comprises a first member which engages with and latches the edge of the crossbar member when the heat transfer device is in the second position, and wherein each of the crossbar member and the first member is rotatable, a rotational axis of the crossbar member and a rotational axis of the first member being located along skew lines.