Apparatus and systems including belt-roll fuser stripping shoe with robust compliant tip

A belt-roll fuser system including a belt-roll fuser having an internal pressure member and an external pressure member, the internal pressure member and the external pressure member defining a fusing nip, and a fuser belt, the fuser belt having an inner portion that contacts the internal pressure member and an outer portion that faces the external pressure member at the fixing nip, the system comprising:

• a shim, the shim having a contact portion that contacts an inner portion of the fuser belt at an exit of the fusing nip;
• a support member that supports the shim;
• and
• a stripping shoe, the stripping shoe being positioned at an exit of the fusing nip,
• wherein the shim includes a first end and a second end, the support member being configured to interpose the stripping shoe and one of the first end and the second end of the shim.

A belt-roll fuser stripping system, comprising:

• a stripping shoe;
• a shim;
• and
• a support member, the support member being attached to the stripping shoe, and the shim being supported by the support member when the shim is applied to an inner portion of a fusing belt of a belt-roll fuser assembly,
• wherein the shim includes a first end and a second end, the support member being configured to interpose the stripping shoe and one of the first end and the second end of the shim.

A belt-roll fuser stripping system, comprising:

• a stripping shoe;
• a support member attached to the stripping shoe;
• and
• a shim, the shim being configured to surround the support member, the shim having a first end and a second end, wherein the shim contacts an inner portion of a fuser belt during fusing at a contact point between the first end of the shim and the second end of the shim, to maintain a nip pressure profile,
• wherein the shim includes a first end and a second end, the support member being configured to interpose the stripping shoe and one of the first end and the second end of the shim.