Patent ID: 7010258

Claim:
In a fusing station for fusing a toner image to a receiver member, said fusing station including a heated fuser roller operatively associated with a pressure roller, said fuser roller comprising: a rigid, cylindrical, thermally conductive, metal core member; a multilayer deformable annular structure around said core member, said deformable annular structure including an elastomeric base cushion layer innermost around said core member, a high thermal conductivity layer around said base cushion layer, said high thermal conductivity layer comprising a metal having thickness in a range of approximately between 0.002 inches to 0.005 inches, and a thin flexible toner release layer around said high thermal conductivity layer; wherein thermal conductivity of said base cushion layer is lower than thermal conductivity of said high thermal conductivity layer; and wherein the value of thermal conductivity of said high thermal conductivity layer is equal to or greater than 5 BTU/hr/ft/° F.