Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120070208 | INDUCTION HEATED MEMBER - Exemplary embodiments provide an induction heating member including a substrate and a heating layer disposed on the substrate. The heating layer includes carbon nanotubes and metal. An outer layer is disposed on the heating layer and includes a fluoropolymer. | 03-22-2012 |
20130017005 | FLOW-COATABLE PFA FUSER TOPCOATSAANM Zhang; QiAACI MiltonAACO CAAAGP Zhang; Qi Milton CAAANM Qi; YuAACI OakvilleAACO CAAAGP Qi; Yu Oakville CAAANM Sisler; GordonAACI St. CatharinesAACO CAAAGP Sisler; Gordon St. Catharines CAAANM Moorlag; CarolynAACI MississaugaAACO CAAAGP Moorlag; Carolyn Mississauga CAAANM Hu; Nan-XingAACI OakvilleAACO CAAAGP Hu; Nan-Xing Oakville CA - Exemplary embodiments herein provide materials and methods for a fusing apparatus including a fuser member comprising a substrate and a topcoat layer, wherein the topcoat layer comprises a flow-coated fluororesin and has a surface energy of about 25 mN/m or less. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017373 | Stretchable Ink CompositionAANM Wu; YiliangAACI OakvilleAACO CAAAGP Wu; Yiliang Oakville CAAANM Zhang; QiAACI MiltonAACO CAAAGP Zhang; Qi Milton CAAANM Zhou; KeAACI OakvilleAACO CAAAGP Zhou; Ke Oakville CAAANM Qi; YuAACI OakvilleAACO CAAAGP Qi; Yu Oakville CAAANM Hu; Nan-XingAACI OakvilleAACO CAAAGP Hu; Nan-Xing Oakville CA - Disclosed is a stretchable ink composition which comprises water, a colorant, a surfactant, and a fluoroelastomer. | 01-17-2013 |
20130115380 | METHODS FOR FORMING FLUOROPLASTIC POWDER COATINGS - Various embodiments provide materials and methods for forming a fluoroplastic coating layer from a powder mixture including a leveling agent and/or a transient binder material to improve the powder coating quality, wherein the powder mixture can further include a plurality of fluoroplastic powder and a plurality of aerogel particles. | 05-09-2013 |
20130266803 | FUSER MEMBER - The present teachings disclose a fuser member comprising a substrate, a functional layer disposed on the substrate and an outer layer disposed on the functional layer. The outer layer comprises a cross-linked perfluorinated polyether. | 10-10-2013 |
20130270179 | POLYIMIDE MEMBRANES - There is provided a membrane that includes a plurality of polyimide fibers encased in a fluoropolymer sheath, the plurality of fibers having a diameter of from about 10 nm to about 50 microns, wherein the plurality of fibers form a permeable non-woven mat. A method of manufacturing the membrane is provided. | 10-17-2013 |
20130272763 | BIONANOCOMPOSITE FUSER TOPCOATS COMPRISING NANOSIZED CELLULOSIC PARTICLES - Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for a fuser member used in electrophotographic devices, wherein the fuser member can include an outermost layer containing a plurality of nanosized cellulosic particles dispersed in and/or bonded to a fluoropolymer matrix. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273243 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FUSER MEMBERS - The present teachings describe a process that includes obtaining a composition of particles comprising fluorine containing particles and aerogel particles. The composition is mixed at a resonant frequency of a mixing system containing the composition. The composition is powder coated onto a substrate and cured to form a release layer on the substrate. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273255 | COMPOSITION OF MATTER - The present teachings disclose a composite. The composite includes a cellulose material dispersed in a fluoropolymer. The cellulose material is present in an amount of from about 1 weight percent to about to about 30 weight percent of the composition. A method of manufacturing a composite article and coating is described. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274376 | SURFACE COATING AND FUSER MEMBER - The present teachings disclose a surface coating composition. The surface coating composition includes fluorine containing particles, aerogel particles and positive tribocharging particles. The surface coating is useful as the release layer for fuser members. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274383 | FUSER MEMBER - The present teachings provide a fuser member. The fuser member comprises a release layer comprising microcrystalline cellulose particles dispersed in a fluoropolymer. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274384 | METHODS FOR PREPARING REINFORCED FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITES COMPRISING SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE - A method of preparing a reinforced fluoropolymer composite is presented, which includes reacting a surface of a nanocrystalline cellulose with a fluorinated electrophile to form a fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline in which the outer circumference of the nanocrystalline cellulose has been functionalized with fluorinated substrates, and contacting the fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose with a fluoropolymer to form a fluoropolymer composite. Also presented is a method of preparing fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose, including reacting a surface of a nanocrystalline cellulose with a fluorinated electrophile forming fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose in which the outer circumference of the nanocrystalline cellulose has been functionalized with fluorinated substrates, precipitating the fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose and isolating and purifying the fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274406 | REINFORCED FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITES COMPRISING SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE - A reinforced fluoropolymer composite is presented, which includes a fluoropolymer and a fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose in which the outer circumference of the nanocrystalline cellulose has been functionalized with fluorinated substrates. The fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose may be used to produce stable dispersions with fluoropolymers exhibiting enhanced adhesion between the nanocrystalline particles and fluoropolymer in a composite material, and decreased surface free energy of the cellulose surface. | 10-17-2013 |
20130288059 | SELF-RELEASING FUSER MEMBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A self-releasing fuser member for an image forming apparatus having a fluoropolymer with fluorocarbon chains bonded to the fluoropolymer via a linking group; a quaternary, tertiary, or secondary carbon atom; and a reactive group. The fluorocarbon chains are oriented nonparallel to the surface of the self-releasing fuser member. Image forming apparatuses having such self-releasing fuser members and methods of making such self-releasing fuser members. | 10-31-2013 |
20140121298 | Method of Powder Coating and Powder-Coated Fuser Member - Methods for powder coating that include applying a powder coating composition to a substrate via an electrostatic gun. The powder coating composition includes a mixture of two or more materials having different densities, such as a mixture of aerogel particles and fluoropolymer-containing particles. The electrostatic gun can have a high-voltage generator that generates a negative polarity voltage between about 0 KV and about 100 KV during application of the powder coating composition, and the electrostatic gun can have a round spray nozzle. Methods of making fuser members using such powder coating methods, fuser members prepared by such methods, and methods of preparing low gloss images using such fuser members. | 05-01-2014 |
20140147180 | FUSER MEMBER - There is disclosed a fuser member that includes a substrate layer and a surface layer disposed on the substrate layer. The surface layer includes a fluoropolymer having dispersed therein fluorinated graphene particles. A method of manufacturing a fuser member is also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
20140322447 | METHOD OF FORMING A FLUOROPLASTIC TOPCOAT INCLUDING CARBON NANOTUBES - A method for forming a surface topcoat can include mixing a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNT) with a thermally decomposable polymer binder to form a thermally decomposable polymer composite. The thermally decomposable polymer composite is mixed with a plurality of fluoroplastic particles, a fluorinated surfactant, and a solvent media to form a coating dispersion. Next, the coating dispersion is applied to a substrate such as a printer fuser member substrate to form a coated substrate. The coated substrate is heated to cure the coating dispersion to form a final coating film on the substrate. | 10-30-2014 |