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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jiann Hsing Chen, Fairport, NY (US);
Lawrence Paul Demejo, Rochester, NY (US);
Borden Mills, Webster, NY (US);
Gary Frederick Roberts, Macedon, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399331 ; 492 56 ;
Abstract
A fuser for fixing electrostatographic images comprising a fusing roll and a pressure roll is disclosed. The pressure roll has a rigid metal core coated with an amorphous fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer has a surface energy up to 16 dyne/cm and a coefficient of friction from 0.4 to 1.0.