Xerox Assigned Patent for Fuser Member Coating Having Self-releasing Fluorocarbon Matrix Outer Layer
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 2012 — Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been Assigned a patent (8,231,972) developed by Carolyn Moorlag, Mississauga, Canada, and Nan-Xing Hu, Oakville, Canada, for a "fuser member coating having self-releasing fluorocarbon matrix outer layer."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A self-releasing fuser member and image apparatus having the fuser member, and wherein the fuser member includes a substrate, and thereover an outer layer polymer matrix having a surface, wherein the outer layer polymer matrix includes a fluoropolymer material and fluorocarbon chains, wherein the fluorocarbon chains are bonded to said fluoropolymer material, and wherein the fuser member decreases or eliminates the need for fusing oils as it is self-releasing."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2008 (12/274,968). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,231,972&OS=8,231,972&RS=8,231,972