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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Jiann-hsing Chen, Fairport, NY (US);
Joseph A. Pavlisko, Pittsford, NY (US);
Shyh-hua E. Jao, Pittsford, NY (US);
Po-jen Shih, Webster, NY (US);
Jiann-Hsing Chen, Fairport, NY (US);
Joseph A. Pavlisko, Pittsford, NY (US);
Shyh-Hua E. Jao, Pittsford, NY (US);
Po-Jen Shih, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The fuser members of this invention include a core member that includes a rigid outer surface. An adhesion promoter layer comprising silane or epoxy silane coupling is disposed on the outer surface of the core member. A resilient layer comprising an elastomer is disposed on the adhesion promoter layer. A tie layer is disposed on the resilient layer, the tie layer being made of fluoropolymers, fluoroelastomers, fluorocarbon thermoplastic copolymers and mixtures thereof. A primer layer, disposed on the tie layer, comprising perfluoroalkoxy resin and trifluoroethylene-perfluoroethyl vinyl ether-perfluoroethylene vinyl phosphate or a mixture of perfluoroalkoxy resin and trifluoroethylene-perfluoroethylvinyl ether; and an outer layer of fluoropolymer resin made from polytetrafluoroethylene, polyperfluoroalkoxy-tetrafluoroethylene, polyfluorinated ethylene-propylene and blends thereof is disposed on the primer layer.