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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Jin Wu, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jonathan H. Herko, Walworth, NY (US);
Amy C. Porter, Pittsford, NY (US);
Lin Ma, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Described is a transfer assist blade for an electrostatographic machine. The electrostatographic machine includes a charging station for charging a copy sheet to attract a developed image from an image bearing surface to a copy sheet wherein said charging station includes a corona generating device. The transfer assist blade includes a wear layer having a surface resistance of greater than about 10ohms. The transfer assist blade includes an interior layer having a thickness of from about 150 microns to about 500 microns. The transfer assist blade includes a back layer including a polyethylene terephthalate film having an outer layer including cross-linked aziridine/carboxylated polyester at a weight ratio of from about 0.5/99.5 to about 40/60 and a conductive component, wherein an outer surface of the back layer has a surface resistance of from about 1×10ohms to about 9.99×10ohms.