Patent ID: 7512368

Claim:
A fuser apparatus comprising: a fuser member and a pressure roll that are rotatably mounted parallel to and in contact with each other to form a fusing nip through which a recording medium with a toner image thereon is passed to permanently fix the image thereto; a cleaning system for cleaning the fuser member, the cleaning system comprising: a flexible material having a high surface energy surface, a flexible substrate, and an opposing surface, the flexible substrate being disposed between said high surface energy surface and said opposing surface; a supply roll for providing said flexible material; and a take-up roll for taking-up said flexible material; wherein: said supply roll and take-up roll are each rotatably mounted parallel to said fuser member; said flexible material contacts the fuser member to form a cleaning nip; said flexible material is passed from the supply roll, through the cleaning nip and taken up on the supply roll; said flexible material is oriented such that said high surface energy surface contacts said fuser member at said cleaning nip; and said take-up roll is positioned to contact said opposing surface with said fuser member.