Fusing system with unblended silicone oil
CA 1214503 A · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Martellock, Arthur C.; Kocher, Haribhajan S.; Field, John R.
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Toner images are fused to a substrate such as paper, with a heated, fusing member having a silicone elastomers fusing surface by coating the elastomer fusing surface with a toner release agent which includes an unblended polydimethyl siloxane having a kinematic viscosity of from about 7,000 centistokes to about 20,000 centistokes. In a preferred embodiment the polydimethyl siloxane oil has a kinematic viscosity of from about 10,000 to about 16,000 centistokes and the fuser member is a fuser roll having a thin layer of a crosslinked product of a mixture of .alpha..omega.-dihydroxypolydimethyl siloxane, finely divided tabular alumina and finely divided iron oxide.
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- Granted November 25, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 25, 2003.
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