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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2005
Applicants:

Jeremy Christopher DE Jong, Webster, NY (US);

David H. Pan, Rochester, NY (US);

Osman Todd Polatkan, Hawthorne, NJ (US);

Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);

Donald M. Bott, Rochester, NY (US);

Nicholas P. Kladlas, Flushing, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jeremy Christopher de Jong, Webster, NY (US);

David H. Pan, Rochester, NY (US);

Osman Todd Polatkan, Hawthorne, NJ (US);

Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);

Donald M. Bott, Rochester, NY (US);

Nicholas P. Kladlas, Flushing, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A fusing member is formed from an evacuable inner tube with a cylindrical wall. The evacuable inner tube is inserted into an outer tube and the inner tube is pressurized to expand the inner tube such that the wall is in contact with the outer tube. An amount of a working fluid is then sealed within the inner tube at a below atmospheric pressure.


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