Fuser skive mechanism mounting for facilitating jam clearance

A fuser assembly including at least one roller for transporting a receiver member along a travel path, toward a downstream transport assembly, and permanently fix a marking particle image to a such transported receiver member, a skive mechanism for stripping a receiver member adhering to said fuser assembly roller from such roller, and a mounting for said skive mechanism, said skive mechanism mounting comprising:

• a bracket and a pivot shaft carried by said bracket, said skive mechanism being supported by said pivot shaft;
• means for selectively moving said skive mechanism about said pivot shaft into operative relation with said fuser assembly roller adjacent to said travel path;
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• means for urging said skive mechanism in a direction, in opposition to the selective movement of said skive mechanism by said moving means, from said operative relation with said fuser assembly roller toward a location remote from said travel path, whereby clearance of receiver member jams in said fuser assembly is facilitated, said urging means for said skive mechanism including a link connected to said skive mechanism, means for impelling said link to move in a direction, relative to said bracket, to rotate said skive mechanism in a first direction about said pivot shaft, and said skive mechanism selective moving means including means for moving said link, relative to said bracket, to rotate said skive mechanism in a second direction about said pivot shaft, substantially opposite said first direction, to locate said skive mechanism in such operative relation with said fuser assembly roller, said link moving means including a stop member positioned at a predetermined location relative to said fuser assembly roller such that said stop member is adapted to become engaged with said link.

A fuser assembly including a pair of rollers for transporting a receiver member therebetween, along a travel path toward a downstream transport assembly, and permanently fix a marking particle image to a such transported receiver member, a skive mechanism including a plurality of skive members for stripping a receiver member adhering to either one of such fuser assembly rollers, from said roller, and a mounting for said skive mechanism, said skive mechanism mounting comprising:

• means for supporting said skive mechanism, said skive mechanism supporting means including a bracket assembly attached to said downstream transport assembly, a pair of pivot shafts, associated with said pair of rollers of said fuser assembly respectively, said pair of pivot shafts being carried by said bracket assembly, skive members of said skive mechanism being associated with said pivot shafts respectively;
• means for selectively moving said skive members about said associated pivot shafts into operative relation with said pair of rollers respectively, adjacent to said travel path;
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• means for urging said skive members in a direction, in opposition to the selective movement of said skive members by said moving means from said operative relation with said pair of rollers toward a location remote from said travel path, whereby clearance of receiver member jams in said fuser assembly is facilitated, said urging means for said skive members including a first link connected at one end to said skive members associated with one roller of said fuser assembly, a second link connected at one end to said skive members associated with the other roller of said fuser assembly, means for connecting said first and second links together at the respective other ends thereof to form a knuckle joint, and means for impelling said links to move in a direction, relative to said bracket assembly, to rotate said skive members respectively in a first direction about their associated pivot shafts.

A fuser assembly including at least one roller for transporting a receiver member along a travel path, toward a downstream transport assembly, and permanently fix a marking particles image to a such transported receiver member, a skive mechanism for stripping a receiver member adhering to said fuser assembly roller from such roller, and a mounting for said skive mechanism, said skive mechanism mounting comprising:

• a bracket attached to said downstream transport assembly and a pivot shaft carried by said bracket, said skive mechanism being supported by said pivot shaft;
• means for selectively moving said skive mechanism about said pivot shaft into operative relation with said fuser assembly roller adjacent to said travel path;
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• means for urging said skive mechanism in a direction, in opposition to the selective movement of said skive mechanism by said moving means, from said operative relation with said fuser assembly roller toward a location remote from said travel path, whereby clearance of receiver member jams in said fuser assembly is facilitated, said urging means for said skive mechanism including a link connected to said skive mechanism, means for impelling said link to move in a direction, relative to said bracket, to rotate said skive mechanism in a first direction about said pivot shaft, and said skive mechanism selective moving means including means for moving said link, relative to said bracket, to rotate said skive mechanism in a second direction about said pivot shaft, substantially opposite said first direction, to locate said skive mechanism in such operative relation with said fuser assembly roller, said link moving means including a stop member positioned at a predetermined location relative to said fuser assembly roller, said stop member adapted to become engaged with said link when said downstream transport assembly is located in operative relation to said receiver member travel path.