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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Jiann-Hsing Chen, Fairport, NY (US);
Arun Chowdry, Rochester, NY (US);
James E. Mathers, Rochester, NY (US);
John W. May, Rochester, NY (US);
Borden H. Mills, Webster, NY (US);
Alan R. Priebe, Rochester, NY (US);
Kenneth D. Stack, Rochester, NY (US);
NexPress Solutions LLC, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A product and process for forming an internally heated roller configuration for use in an electrostatographic machine that employs a fuser roller and a pressure roller. One of the rollers is a conformable roller having a rigid cylindrical core member centered on an axis of rotation, a compliant base cushion layer formed on the core member; a stiffening layer in intimate contact with and surrounding the base cushion layer; and an internal heating mechanism, while the other roller is a hard roller.