Patent ID: 7079789

Claim:
A fuser mechanism for an electrophotographic apparatus including a housing, the fuser mechanism comprising: a first roller, having a first bearing, rotatably and movably disposed inside the housing; a second roller, having a second bearing rotatably disposed inside the housing and separated from the first roller with a gap for a paper passing through; at least an elastic unit disposed on one end of the first roller to provide a force pushing the first roller toward the second roller along a first direction; and at least an adjusting device movably disposed on one side of the first roller, the adjusting device having a contact part located between the first bearing and the second bearing, the contact part having a sloping surface touching the first roller; wherein as the adjusting device moves along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the sloping surface touching against the first roller to provide a force pushing the first roller to move opposite to the first direction, which causes value of the gap to be changed.