Patent ID: 7155142

Claim:
A belt fuser/finisher for an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus, said belt fuser/finisher comprising: a mainframe; a belt frame pivotally mounted to said mainframe, said belt frame having a running position and a service position, said service position being angularly displaced from said running position; a closed loop path defined by a heated roller and at least one unheated roller rotatably mounted on said belt frame, said closed loop path being adapted to support an endless fusing/finishing belt; means for rotatably driving said heated roller to move said endless fusing/finishing belt about said closed loop path; means for directing cooling air onto a section of said endless fusing/finishing belt downstream of said heated roller in the direction of movement of said endless fusing/finishing belt; and means for changing the tension in said endless fusing/finishing belt between a running tension and a service tension wherein said endless fusing/finishing belt can be readily replaced on said closed loop path.