Patent ID: 8265534
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a housing; a first fuser member rotationally supported in the housing, the first fuser member having a first fuser member end and a second fuser member end, the first fuser member configured to fuse an image on a media sheet traveling in a media sheet travel direction; a fuser nip having a fuser nip width dimension parallel to the media sheet travel direction and having a fuser nip length from the first fuser member end to the second fuser member end, the fuser nip length perpendicular to the media sheet travel direction, where the fuser nip width dimension is configured to be asymmetrical along the fuser nip length; and a second fuser member rotationally supported in the housing and coupled to the first fuser member at the fuser nip, the second fuser member configured to fuse the image on the media sheet.