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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susan Ann Visser, Rochester, NY (US);
Suryadevara V Babu, Potsdam, NY (US);
Cancheepuram V Srividya, Potsdam, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428408 ; 4284111 ; 428457 ; 428688 ; 492 46 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a fuser member having a substrate and an outermost layer of a fluorinated diamond like carbon wherein the fluorine content of the surface of said layer is between about 20 and 65 atomic percent based on the total amount of fluorine, carbon and oxygen in said surface. The fuser member is characterized in that the outermost layer provides for excellent release of the toner.