Patent ID: 7565091
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for refurbishing a fusing member comprising: a fusing member which contacts the toner image on a receiver medium and fuses the toner image to the receiver medium, the fusing member comprising an outer contact surface comprising a fluorothermoplastic; a tooling member positionable adjacent to the outer contact surface of the fusing member such that a pressure nip is formed between the contact surface of the fusing member and the tooling member a heat source for transferring heat to the fusing member and the tooling member, wherein the surface of the fuser member is engagable with the tooling member to rotate at a speed of at least 1 rpm at a pressure of at least 5 psi and at a temperature of at least 10° C. below a thermoplastic melting temperature of the outer contact surface for a time sufficient to resurface of the outer surface of the fuser member.