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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Varun Sambhy, Pittsford, NY (US);
Lin Ma, Pittsford, NY (US);
Kyle B. Tallman, Farmington, NY (US);
Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael S. Roetker, Webster, NY (US);
Mark C. Petropoulos, Webster, NY (US);
Jack T. LeStrange, Macedon, NY (US);
Joseph C. Sheflin, Macedon, NY (US);
Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, NY (US);
Jorge A. Alvarez, Webster, NY (US);
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a multilayer imaging blanket for a variable data lithography printing system, including: a multilayer base having a lower contacting surface configured to wrap around or to be mounted on a cylinder core of the variable data lithography printing system; and a platinum catalyzed fluorosilicone surface layer opposite the lower contacting surface; wherein the multilayer base is a sulfur-free carcass including: a top layer including a sulfur-free rubber substrate such as an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber substrate, a bottom layer including the lower contacting surface; and a compressible layer disposed between the top layer and the bottom layer, the compressible layer being attached to a surface of the top layer opposite the platinum catalyzed fluorosilicone surface layer and a surface of the bottom layer opposite the lower contacting surface, optionally the top layer further comprises a reinforcing fabric layer, the reinforcing fabric layer attached to a surface of the compressible layer opposite the bottom layer.