Intermediate transfer member having a stiffening layer and method of using

US6393226B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• NexPress Solutions LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert Charlebois · Rochester, US
• Arun Chowdry · Pittsford, US
• Craig M. Cody · Scottsville, US
• Earl Gregory Gomes · Rochester, US
• Dennis J. Grabb · Sodus, US
• Diane M. Herrick · Rochester, US
• Bonnie J. Patterson · Rochester, US
• Dean R. Smith · Grafton, US
• Kenneth E. Stack · Rochester, US
• Biao Tan · Penfield, US
• Thomas Nathaniel Tombs · Brockport, US
• Joseph A. Pavlisko · Pittsford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2000
• Grant date: May 21, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2215/0119
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An intermediate transfer member (IT) roller for use in an electrostatographic recording apparatus comprising a core member; a compliant layer covering the core member; and a stiffening layer covering the compliant layer, wherein the stiffening layer includes an endless belt that has a thickness in the range of greater than 50 and up to 1000 micrometers.