Xerox Corporation

Xiaoying (Elizabeth) Yuan

Santokh Singh Badesha

Edward L Schlueter, Jr

Joseph A Swift

T Edwin Freeman

Constance J Thornton

Theodore Lovallo

Donald S Stanton

David H Pan

Trevor James Snyder

Anthony Yeznach

Kock-Yee Law

Ihor W Tarnawskyj

Nancy Y Jia

Barry Daniel Reeves

Robert N Finsterwalder

Ihor W Tarnawskyi

An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating having an elastomer of monomers selected from the group consisting of halogenated monomers, polyorganosiloxane monomers, and mixtures thereof, and an optional heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus

Phase change ink imaging component having elastomer outer layer

An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a latex fluoroelastomer, and an optional heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.

Phase change ink imaging component with latex fluoroelastomer layer

Imageable seamed intermediate transfer belts having a large seam surface area, and marking machines that use such imageable seamed intermediate transfer belts. The seamed intermediate transfer belt having an inner surface and an outer surface having predefine surface properties for the purpose of imaging. A belt is formed from a semiconductive substrate having a first end and a second end that are mated to form a seam. An adhesive is disposed over the joint whereupon joint can be burnished or overcoated with a material that substantially imitate predefined surface properties of the belt.

Method of making belts having burnished seams

An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a polymer blend of a first polymer and a second polymer different from the first polymer, and an optional heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.

Phase change ink imaging component with polymer blend layer

A seamed flexible belt with interlocking seam members having an outer layer including a polyvinylbutyral and an isocyanate, or a polyurethane from the reaction of polyvinylbutyral and an isocyanate, for use in the xerographic, contact electrostatic, digital and other like machines.

Imageable seamed belts having polyvinylbutyral and isocyanate outer layer

A transfix member with a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer layer having a fluoroelastomer and polyamino polysiloxane, and a heating member associated with the transfix member.

Transfix component having haloelastomer and silicone hybrid material

Method of making imageable seamed intermediate transfer belts having burnished seams

A seamed flexible belt having a fluoropolymer overcoat over interlocking mutually mating elements of the seam for use in the xerographic, contact electrostatic, digital and other like machines.

Imagable seamed belts having fluoropolymer overcoat

Seamed belts, in particular puzzle-cut imageable seam intermediate transfer belts and electrophotographic printing machines that use such transfer belts, that are resistant to unzipping. The seamed belts include a first substrate having a first end and a second end that mate to form a first seam that runs across the first substrate. Along at least one side edge of each end of the first substrate is a cut-out. With the first end and the second end mated to form the first seam the cut-outs align to form a larger cut-out. A second substrate is then fitted into the larger cut-out along a second seam. Beneficially, an adhesive is disposed over the first seam and the second seam. Imageable seam intermediate transfer belts have first and second substrates that are beneficially semiconductive and puzzle-cut seams.

Edge-reinforced seamed belts

Marking machines having imageable seam intermediate transfer belts and toner particles that are &ldquo;tuned&rdquo; to that belt. An imageable seam intermediate transfer belt includes a puzzle-cut first end and a puzzle-cut second end that are interlocked along a kerf to form a seam. That kerf has an average width of W. A developer deposits toner particles onto a latent image on a photoreceptor. Those toner particles have an average minimum width (diameter if the particles are spherical) of a size that is similar to W. That is, the kerf width is at least within an order of magnitude of the average minimum width of a toner particle. A transfer station then transfers toner from the photoreceptor to the imageable seam intermediate transfer belt. The marking machines beneficially include a charging station for charging the photoreceptor, an imaging station for exposing the charged photoreceptor to produce the latent image, a fuser for receiving and fusing toner from the seamed intermediate transfer belt to a substrate, and a cleaning station for cleaning the photoreceptor.

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Fairport, NY, United States of America

Xiaoying (Elizabeth) Yuan