Patent ID: 6875164

Claim:
A toner release agent application roller comprising: a roller shaft; a textile web wound in a plurality of layers on said roller shaft, said textile web being formed of greater than 55% sub-denier fibers, said layers including an outer layer defining an outer surface of said roller, said outer surface being directly engageable with a surface of a fuser roller, said textile web having a high void volume per unit volume and a high surface area per unit volume and a high capillary force; means securing an end of said outer layer to a second, underlying layer of said plurality of layers of said textile web; and a release agent impregnated in said textile web to a level of between 2.5 and 500 grams/square meter, said release agent being impartable to the fuser roller during said contact of said outer surface of said roller formed by said outer layer of said plurality of layers of said textile web, wound on said roller shaft, with the fuser roller, said high capillary force providing a high release agent retention capacity for said roller.