Patent ID: 8509665

Claim:
An apparatus for redistributing release agent on a fuser surface of an image forming device, the apparatus comprising: a fuser surface for contacting a sheet of media having an image formed thereon by the image forming device, the fuser surface moving in a traveling direction; a smoothing roll for redistributing the release agent on the fuser surface from a first post-fusing distribution to a second distribution, the smoothing roll contacting the release agent on the fuser surface at a contact area and pressing the release agent against the fuser surface to redistribute the release agent from the first post-fusing distribution to the second distribution; and a first roll cleaner that contacts the smoothing roll to remove contaminants and/or release agent from the smoothing roll, wherein the smoothing roll is adapted to redistribute the release agent such that the second distribution is more uniform across the fuser surface than the first post-fusing distribution.