Patent ID: 9547275
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An imaging device, comprising: at least one photoconductive member; at least one developer unit for developing a toner image on the at least one photoconductive member; at least one toner transfer area for transferring the toner image to a sheet of media as the sheet of media passes through the toner transfer area in a media feed direction; a fuser assembly positioned downstream of the at least one toner transfer area in the media feed direction for fusing toner transferred to the sheet of media; a frame to which the at least one photoconductive member and the at least one developer unit are mounted, the fuser assembly being removably mounted to the frame; and a locking assembly connected to the frame and selectively engaged with the fuser assembly when the fuser assembly is mounted to the frame, the locking assembly including a lock plate movably positioned along the frame between a first position in which the lock plate engages with the fuser assembly for locking the fuser assembly to the frame and a second position in which the lock plate is disengaged from the fuser assembly to allow the fuser assembly to be disconnected and removed from the frame, wherein the frame comprises a mounting plate to which the fuser assembly is selectively mounted and includes an aperture through which a feature of the fuser assembly passes to engage and mount the fuser assembly to the mounting plate, and the lock plate is slidable along the mounting plate, wherein when the lock plate is in the first position, the lock plate engages with the feature of the fuser assembly so as to prevent the fuser assembly from disconnecting from the mounting plate and when the lock plate is in the second position, the lock plate disengages from the feature of the fuser assembly so as to allow for the disconnection and removal of the fuser assembly from the frame.