Patent · US Expired

Method for producing a replaceable fuser member

US7670650B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

Jiann-Chen Chen · Fairport, US
Biao Tan · Penfield, US
Allen Kass · Pittsford, US
Garold F. Fritz · Williamson, US
Steven Cormier · Rochester, US
Ralph E. Williams · Littleton, US
Joseph A. Pavlisko · Pittsford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2003
Grant date	Mar 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 12, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31511
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for producing a replaceable fuser member including a thin, seamless or welded high temperature nickel sleeve, a base cushion positioned around the sleeve and an outside topcoat applied over the base cushion elastomer layer. The sleeve is replaceable on a machine mandrel positioned in an electrophotographic copying machine in a fuser section of the electrophotographic copying machine. The method includes the use of a mandrel having a coefficient of thermal expansion similar to that of the sleeve to support the sleeve during positioning of a cured base cushion layer around the sleeve and a cured topcoat layer over the cured base material.

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