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US 6,052,550 AGranted
Image separator having conformable layer for contact electrostatic printing
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsConstance J. Thornton, Joseph Mammino, Robert M. Ferguson, Edward L. Schlueter, Jr.
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Abstract
A contact electrostatic printing image separator having a substrate; and thereover a conformable layer with a conductive or semiconductive polymer; and an optional outer release layer positioned on the conformable layer, and contact electrostatic printing apparatuses including the image separator are included.
Claims23
A contact electrostatic printing apparatus comprising:
- (a) an image bearing member comprising a developed image, wherein said developed image comprises a primary latent image and a secondary latent image;
- and
- (b) an image separator comprising said secondary latent image, wherein said image separator comprises:
- (i) a substrate;
- and thereover
- (ii) a conformable layer comprising a conductive or semiconductive polymer;
- and
- (iii) an optional outer release layer positioned on said conformable layer.
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A contact electrostatic printing apparatus comprising:
- (a) an image bearing member comprising a developed image, wherein said developed image comprises a primary latent image and a secondary image;
- and
- (b) an image separator comprising said secondary latent image, wherein said image separator comprises:
- (i) a substrate;
- and thereover
- (ii) a conformable layer comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of silicone rubbers, fluoropolymers, polyurethanes and nitrile rubbers, and comprising a filler selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, carbon black, polymeric particles, and mixtures thereof and a secondary image;
- and
- (iii) an optional outer release layer positioned on said conformable layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.