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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Liang-Bih Lin, Rochester, NY (US);
David H. Pan, Rochester, NY (US);
Daniel Levy, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jin Wu, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0233 (2013.01); G03G 15/0291 (2013.01); G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); G03G 21/0017 (2013.01); G03G 21/0035 (2013.01); G03G 21/0058 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); G03G 2215/021 (2013.01); G03G 2215/027 (2013.01); G03G 2215/028 (2013.01); Y10S 977/932 (2013.01); Y10T 428/31504 (2015.04);
Abstract
An electrophotographic imaging device includes a charging device, a cleaning device, and a fuser member that each include hydrophobic carbon nanotubes. The use of hydrophobic carbon nanotubes can increases the charging device's, the cleaning device's, and the fuser member's durability, conductivity, and contaminants deposition.