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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jiann H. Chen, Rochester, NY (US);
Stephen V. Davis, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert A. Lancaster, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 3/00 ;
Abstract
In a fusing assembly for fixing toner to a receiver and having a fuser roller and a pressure roller forming a fixing nip, a metering roller, a polymeric release agent is applied to the metering roller and a release agent donor roller for receiving polymeric release agent from the metering roller and applying it to the surface of the fusing roller, the release agent donor roller comprising an outer layer including a silicone material selected so that its swelling in 1000 cts poly(dimethylsiloxane) is less than 6% by weight.