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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
May. 09, 2007
Shyh-hua E. Jao, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jiann-hsing Chen, Fairport, NY (US);
James D. Shifley, Spencerport, NY (US);
Muhammed Aslam, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph A. Pavlisko, Pittsford, NY (US);
Shyh-Hua E. Jao, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jiann-Hsing Chen, Fairport, NY (US);
James D. Shifley, Spencerport, NY (US);
Muhammed Aslam, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph A. Pavlisko, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus for refurbishing a fusing member. The apparatus includes a fusing member that contacts the toner image on a receiver medium and fuses the toner image to the receiver medium. The fusing member has an outer contact surface of a fluorothermoplastic resin The apparatus includes a tooling member positionable adjacent to the outer contact surface of the fusing member such that a pressure nip is formed between the outer contact surface of the fusing member and the tooling member. A heat source is provided for transferring heat to the fusing member and the tooling member, wherein the surface of the fuser member is engagable with the tooling member to rotate at a speed of at least 1 rpm at a pressure of at least 5 psi and at a temperature of at least 10° C. below the thermoplastic melting temperature of the outer contact surface for a time sufficient to resurface of the outer surface of the fuser member.