Fluoroelastomer members and curing methods using biphenyl and monofunctional amino hydrocarbon
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Gervasi, George A. Riehle, Laurence J. Lynd, Theodore Lovallo
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Abstract
A fuser member with a supporting substrate having an outer surface layer of a fluoroelastomer, and the fluoroelastomer outer surface layer is prepared by: a) dissolving a fluoroelastomer; b) adding and reacting a biphenyl compound and a monofunctional amine hydrocarbon compound to form a homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution; and c) subsequently providing a surface layer of the resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.
Claims20
A fuser member comprising a supporting substrate having an outer surface layer comprising a fluoroelastomer, and wherein the fluoroelastomer outer surface layer is prepared by:
- a) dissolving a fluoroelastomer;
- b) adding and reacting a biphenyl compound and a monofunctional amine hydrocarbon compound to form a resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution;
- and c) subsequently providing a surface layer of the resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.
A fuser member comprising a supporting substrate having an outer surface layer comprising a fluoroelastomer, and wherein the fluoroelastomer outer surface layer is prepared by:
- a) dissolving a fluoroelastomer;
- b) adding and reacting a bisphenol compound and a monofunctional amine hydrocarbon compound having the following formula NH2(CH2)n(CH3)3, wherein n is a number of from about 1 to about 25, forming a homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution;
- and c) subsequently providing a surface layer of the resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.
A fuser member comprising a supporting substrate having an outer surface layer comprising a fluoroelastomer, and wherein the fluoroelastomer outer surface layer is prepared by a) dissolving a fluoroelastomer selected from the group consisting of (1) a class of copolymers of two of vinylidenefluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and tetrafluoroethylene, (2) a class of terpolymers of vinylidenefluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and tetrafluoroethylene, and (3) a class of tetrapolymers of vinylidenefluoride, hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, and a cure site monomer;
- b) adding and reacting a biphenyl compound and a monofunctional amine hydrocarbon compound having the following formula NH2(CH2)n(CH3)3, wherein n is a number of from about 1 to about 25 to form a homogenous fluoroelastomer solution;
- and c) subsequently providing a surface layer of the resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.
An image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium comprising:
- a charge-retentive surface to receive an electrostatic latent image thereon;
- a development component to apply a developer material to the charge-retentive surface to develop the electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on the charge retentive surface;
- a transfer component to transfer the developed image from the charge retentive surface to a copy substrate;
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- a fuser member component to fuse the transferred developed image to the copy substrate, wherein the fuser member comprises a supporting substrate having an outer surface layer comprising a fluoroelastomer, and wherein the fluoroelastomer outer surface layer is prepared by:
- a) dissolving a fluoroelastomer;
- b) adding and reacting a biphenyl compound and a monofunctional amine hydrocarbon compound to form a homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution;
- and c) subsequently providing a surface layer of the resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.