Heat Transfer System for a Fuser Assembly

An apparatus, comprising:

• a housing;
• a heating member;
• a backup roll disposed proximate to the heating member so as to form a fuser nip therewith for fusing toner to sheets of media;
• and
• a first roll for contacting one of the backup roll and the heating member such that rotation of the one of the backup roll and the heating member rotates the first roll, wherein when the first roll contacts the one of the backup roll and the heating member, the first roll transfers heat from one location on the one of the backup roll and the heating member to a second location thereon;
• a housing;
• and
• a positioning mechanism coupling the first roll to the fuser housing, the first roll being movable via the positioning mechanism between a first position in which the first roll is engaged with and contacts the one of the backup roll and the heating member and a second position in which the first roll is disengaged and spaced apart therefrom.