Patent ID: 7744960

Claim:
A process for producing a fuser member coating comprising: a) adding and reacting a fluoroelastomer, a crosslinking agent, a polar solvent, and a fluorinated copolymer surfactant blended with a fluorine-containing polysiloxane additive to form a coating solution, wherein said fluoroelastomer is selected from the group consisting of a) copolymers of two of vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and tetrafluoroethylene, b) terpolymers of vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and tetrafluoroethylene, and c) tetrapolymers of vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, and a cure site monomer, and wherein said fluorine-containing polysiloxane additive comprises pendant fluorinated groups and has the following formula: wherein m is a number ranging from about 0 to about 25; n is a number ranging from about 1 to about 25; x/(x+y) ranges from about 1 percent to about 100 percent; R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms, arylalkyl groups having from about 1 to about 18 carbons, amino groups, and alkylamino groups having from about 1 to about 18 carbons; and R 3 is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 18 carbons, an arylalkyl having from about 1 to about 18 carbons, a polyorganosiloxane chain having from about 1 to about 300 repeat units, and a fluoro-chain having a formula of —(CH 2 ) o —(CF 2 ) p —CF 3 wherein o is a number of from about 0 to about 25, and p is a number of from about 1 to about 25; and b) providing said coating solution on said fuser member to form a fuser member coating, wherein said fluorinated copolymer surfactant comprises a copolymer selected from the group consisting of a fluorinated acrylate copolymer and a fluorinated polyether copolymer.