Fuser member and methods of making thereof
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorCarolyn P. Moorlag
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Abstract
A fuser member includes a substrate and an outer layer including a polymeric material and an aerogel component including aerogel particles having a surface area of from about 400 to about 1200 m2/g that is at least one of dispersed in or bonded to the polymeric material. Methods of making a fuser member include applying an outer layer including a polymeric material and an aerogel component over a substrate, and curing the outer layer such that the aerogel component is at least one of dispersed in or bonded to the polymeric material.
Claims19
A fuser member comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- an outer layer comprising a polymeric material and an aerogel component that is at least one of dispersed in or bonded to the polymeric material, wherein the aerogel component comprises aerogel particles having a surface area of from about 400 to about 1200 m2/g.
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 substrate;
- and
- an outer layer comprising a polymeric material and an aerogel component that is at least one of dispersed in or bonded to the polymeric material, wherein the aerogel component comprises aerogel particles having a surface area of from about 400 to about 1200 m2//g.
A method of making a fuser member, comprising:
- applying an outer layer comprising a polymeric material and an aerogel component over a substrate, wherein the aerogel component comprises aerogel particles having a surface area of from about 400 to about 1200 m2/g, and
- curing the outer layer such that the aerogel component is at least one of dispersed in or bonded to the polymeric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.