Patent ID: 8644743
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fusing system useful in a printing apparatus, comprising: a first member including a first outer surface; a second member including a second outer surface; a belt including an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a first nip having a first nip width is formed by contact between the inner surface of the belt and the first outer surface and contact between the outer surface of the belt and the second outer surface; a stripping mechanism comprising a stripping shoe disposed internal to the belt, wherein the stripping shoe is positionable relative to the first nip to vary contact between the outer surface of the belt against the second outer surface downstream from the first nip, wherein media are stripped from the belt after exiting from the first nip and wherein the contact between the outer surface of the belt against the second outer surface forms a second nip width adjacent to the first nip; and a controller, having a storage device that stores information and instructions for execution by a processor, to incrementally move the stripping shoe to adjust the contact between the outer surface of the belt against the second outer surface downstream from the first nip so as to compensate for at least one of belt degradation, media weight, and media coating; wherein the incremental movement of the stripping shoe changes the second nip width to improve self-stripping latitude.