Thermally stable fuser member
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsSantokh S. Badesha, Arnold W. Henry, Robert J. Gruber
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Abstract
A fuser member for use in an electrostatographic printing machine has at least one layer of an elastomer composition comprising a silicone elastomer and a mica-type layered silicate, the silicone elastomer and mica-type layered silicate forming a delaminated nanocomposite with silicone elastomer inserted among the delaminated layers of the mica-type layered silicate.
Claims12
A fuser member for use in an electrostatographic printing machine comprising at least one layer of an elastomer composition including a silicone elastomer and a mica-type layered silicate, said silicone elastomer and mica-type layered silicate forming a delaminated nanocomposite wherein the fuser member defines a toner fusing surface, and wherein said at least one layer is a top layer having a thickness ranging from about 10 mils to about 100 mils or an intermediate layer between a base layer and a surface layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.