E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Daniel E George

Thomas Paul Feist

Joy Sawyer Bloom

Akira Yokoyama

Shinichi Nakagawa

Paint brush caddy

This invention relates to a separation finger used in an Electro photographic device such as photocopying devices and laser-beam printers. More specifically, it relates to a separation finger with remarkably improved durability which has a sharp tips and is capable of preventing paper jams, caused by, for example, adhesion of the toner, over extended periods of time.

Separation fingers for electro photographic devices

Polyimide compositions can be substantially improved by incorporating in the composition an inorganic, low hardness, thermally stable, sheet silicate, such as muscovite mica, talc, and kaolinite, which results in improved wear resistance and reduced coefficient of friction.

Polyimide compositions with improved wear resistance and friction at

Polyimide compositions containing graphite and wollastonite exhibit an unusual combination of low wear and friction and low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Low thermal expansion polyimide compositions

Polyimide compositions containing both graphite and fluoropolymer exhibit superior wear performance against aluminum.

Wear resistant polyimide composition

A process for accelerating the cure rate of a thermoplastic composition comprising blending 5-95 parts by weight of a crystalline polyolefin resin of a substantially saturated homopolymer or copolymer of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alpha monoolefin and 5-95 parts by weight of a crosslinkable ethylene-containing terpolymer comprising ethylene, an alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate wherein the alkyl group contains 1-6 carbon atoms or a vinyl ester of a monocarboxylic acid having 2-6 carbon atoms, and glycidyl acrylate or glycidyl methacrylate, and mixing and shearing the composition while crosslinking the ethylene-containing terpolymer with a crosslinking agent that is a combination of (a) from about 1.5-9 parts by weight per 100 parts ethylene-containing terpolymer of an organic aliphatic or aromatic polycarboxylic acid or anhydride thereof containing 3-8 carbon atoms and (b) from about 0.3-8 parts by weight per 100 parts ethylene-containing terpolymer of a divalent tin halide salt or a stannous acylate having the formula ##STR1## where R is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl radical having from 1-18 carbon atoms.

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