Ten Cate Enbi

Illbruck Gmbh

Michael McMindes

James Montgomery

Franz Wittmann

Michael Goretzky

Gerhard Loedermann

Robert Shea

Eric Stypa

A roller assembly for a sheet material transport assembly is disclosed, wherein skewing of the transported sheet material relative to the transport assembly is reduced. The roller assembly includes an elongate shaft having a compliant layer disposed about the shaft. A relatively non-compliant layer is disposed about the compliant layer to form a tire, wherein the non-compliant layer has a circumference, which is substantially unchanged upon operable loading of the roller assembly.

Tire for skew reducing roller

An electrostatographic apparatus and method for fixing toner particles to a receiver, involving the use of a new fusing roller that has a lifetime longer than previous rollers and that rarely, if ever, needs to be cleaned.

Image transfer device incorporating a fuser roller having a thick wearable silicone rubber surface

A fusing roller for use in image transfer devices, wherein toner is fixed by heat and pressure to a receiver by a pair of rollers. The fusing roller has a core, a base layer of conductive silicone rubber and a release layer consisting of a silicone rubber compound. The particular surface material offers excellent toner release and continuously renews its surface.

Fuser roller having a thick wearable release layer

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Michael McMindes