Patent ID: 7509084

Claim:
A fusing subsystem useful in an electrophotographic marking system, comprising in an operative arrangement image marking and fixing component(s), a source of marking material and a source of a release agent, said release agent enabled to minimize adherence of said marking material to said fixing component, said release agent being a substituted polyolefin solution comprising a single poly-alpha olefin or a blend of polyolefin materials with the following general formulas: A: CH 3 —(CH 2 ) m —CHR 1 —(CH 2 ) n —CH 3 where R 1 is selected from the group consisting of an amine, mercapto, ester, hydroxyl, fluoroalkyl or carboxylic acid functional group of C 4 —C 20 and m=0−720 and n=0−720, however, at least 1 m or 1 n is present and m+n=20−720; B: R 1 —(CH 2 ) p —R 2 p=20−720, R 1 is same as A, above and R 2 ═R 1 or CH 3 ; C: CH 3 —(CH 2 ) m —CHR 3 —(CH 2 ) n —CH 3 where R 3 is —(CH 2 ) q —R 1 where q=1−200; D: CH 3 —(CH 2 ) p —CH 3 .