Patent ID: 7494706

Claim:
A fuser member comprising: a core member comprising a rigid outer surface; a tie layer disposed on said outer surface, said tie layer comprising a fluorocarbon thermoplastics random copolymer having subunits of: —(CH 2 CF 2 )x—, —(CF 2 CF(CF 3 ))y—, and —(CF 2 CF 2 )z—, wherein x 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; and an outer layer comprising fluoropolymer resin selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene, polyperfluoroalkoxy-tetrafluoroethylene, polyfluorinated ethylene-propylene, and blends thereof disposed directly on the tie layer.