Patent ID: 6696158
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: C08K,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
A fuser member comprising a support and a layer overlying the support, the layer including a fluorocarbon thermoplastic random copolymer, a curing agent having a bisphenol residue, a particulate filler containing zinc oxide, the zinc oxide having a total concentration in the layer of from 1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts of the fluorocarbon thermoplastic random copolymer, an aminosiloxane, the cured fluorocarbon thermoplastics random copolymer having subunits of:â€”(CH2CF2)xâ€”, â€”(CF2CF(CF3))yâ€”, and â€”(CF2CF2)zâ€”, whereinx is from 1 to 40 or 60 to 80 mole percent, z is greater than 40 to no more than 89 mole percent,and y is such that x+y+z equals 100 mole percent.