EP0077991A2 - Mehrschicht-Fixiervorrichtung und Herstellungsverfahren - Google Patents

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EP0077991A2
EP0077991A2 EP82109594A EP82109594A EP0077991A2 EP 0077991 A2 EP0077991 A2 EP 0077991A2 EP 82109594 A EP82109594 A EP 82109594A EP 82109594 A EP82109594 A EP 82109594A EP 0077991 A2 EP0077991 A2 EP 0077991A2
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James Stanley Newkirk
Robert Anton Wiederhold
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/20—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
    • G03G15/2003—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat using heat
    • G03G15/2014—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat using heat using contact heat
    • G03G15/2053—Structural details of heat elements, e.g. structure of roller or belt, eddy current, induction heating
    • G03G15/2057—Structural details of heat elements, e.g. structure of roller or belt, eddy current, induction heating relating to the chemical composition of the heat element and layers thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/20—Details of the fixing device or porcess
    • G03G2215/2003—Structural features of the fixing device
    • G03G2215/2016—Heating belt

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  • This invention relates generally to the field of electrography and, more particularly, this invention relates to the fusing of toner images to receivers by means of heat and pressure.
  • a radiation image of an original to be reproduced is projected upon a uniformly charged photoconductive member to produce a latent electrostatic image corresponding to the original image.
  • a visible toner image is produced by developing the electrostatic image with charged toner particles. If the photoconductive member is reusable in the form of a belt or drum, the toner image is then transferred to a receiver such as a web or sheet of plain paper and fused to the receiver. If the photoconductive member itself is the receiver, then the toner image is fused directly to the member.
  • One technique which may be used to fuse a toner image to a receiver is through the application of heat and pressure by contacting the toner image with a heated fuser member such as a roller or belt.
  • a heated fuser member such as a roller or belt.
  • a pair of rollers held together under pressure form a nip through which a toner image-carrying receiver is passed.
  • One or both of the rollers are heated to melt the heat-softenable toner particles to fuse the toner image to the receiver.
  • one or both rollers preferably includes an elastomeric layer to lengthen the nip through which the receiver passes in order to increase fusing time and to lower fusing energy requirements.
  • the elastomeric material must have good release characteristics. Although silicone elastomers and fluoroelastomers exhibit good release characteristics, it has been found highly desirable to apply a coating of an oil, such as fluorocarbon oils, silicone oils, and fluorosilicone oils, to the elastomeric layer to improve its toner offset-preventing characteristics.
  • Swelling of a silicone elastomeric layer by absorption of silicone fuser oil may be minimized by providing a multi-layer fuser member wherein the silicone elastomeric layer is overcoated with a layer of material which is resistent to absorption of silicone fuser oil.
  • Such silicone oil resistant materials include the fluoroelastomers (e.g. fluorosilicone elastomer) and fluoropolymer- based elastomers (e.g. various vinylidene fluoride-based elastomers which contain hexafluoropropylene as a comonomer).
  • fluoropolymer- based elastomers examples include Viton * A (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) and Viton*B (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene- tetrafluoroethylene) which are trademarked compounds available from the DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
  • Viton * A vinylene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene
  • Viton*B vinylene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene- tetrafluoroethylene
  • a fuser roller having a silicone elastomer base layer to which is adhered a fluoroelastomer layer has been found to exhibit separation between the layers with prolonged use. This separation may be accounted for by the lack of affinity of the fluoroelastomers for other materials and by the constant flexing of the fuser roller during use.
  • first and second related inventions i.e. a product invention and a method invention.
  • a multilayer fuser member comprises an inner elastomeric layer which is bonded to an outer oil-impervious layer (i.e. a layer which resists oil absorption) by an intermediate bonding layer.
  • Such intermediate layer is characterized by a gradually varying blend of the different materials comprising the elastomeric and oil-impervious layers.
  • the proportion of the elastomeric material to the oil-impervious material gradually varies, in a direction from the inner layer toward the outer layer, from substantially only the elastomeric material to substantially only the oil-impervious material.
  • the oil-impervious layer also comprises an elastomeric material, a particularly preferred material being an elastomeric cross-linked fluoropolymer having tetrafluoroethylene repeating units and perfluoroalkyl perfluorovinylether repeating units.
  • a fuser member of the above construction is manufactured by a method characterized by the steps of (a) spraying a support with an elastomeric material to form an inner elastomeric layer; (b) while performing step (a), spraying the support with an oil-impervious material and gradually increasing the relative proportion of the oil-impervious material to the elastomeric material until only the oil-impervious material is sprayed, thereby forming an intermediate bonding layer comprising a variable blend of the elastomeric and oil-impervious materials; and (c) spraying only the oil-impervious material to form an outer oil-impervious layer atop the intermediate bonding layer.
  • Multilayered fuser members may have different configurations.
  • a fuser member may comprise a flat plate, a belt or a roller.
  • the most common configuration is a roller.
  • roller 10 includes a core 12 of heat conductive material (e.g. aluminum, brass or stainless steel) or heat transmissive material (e.g. glass) which supports an inner elastomeric layer 14 and an outer oil-impervious layer 16, both layers being made of materials which are resistant to degradation at high temperatures, e.g. in the range of 100°C to 200°C.
  • the elastomeric material of layer 14 comprises a polysiloxane elastomer such as silicone elastomer.
  • the material of layer 16 preferably comprises a fluoroelastomer which resists absorption of silicone fuser oil, i.e., is substantially impervious to such fuser oil.
  • Layer 16 may, for example, comprise a fluorosilicone or fluoropolymeric elastomer such as the vinylidene fluoride based fluoropolymers.
  • Particularly preferred fluoropolymers are those cross-linked fluoropolymers having tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl perfluorovinylether repeating units, e.g.
  • a bonding layer 15 Positioned intermediate layers 14 and 16 is a bonding layer 15 which comprises a gradually varying mixture from only the material of layer 14 to only the material of layer 16.
  • the intermediate layer can best be described by the method in which it is formed.
  • layer 15 and at least the respective contiguous portions of layers 14 and 16 are formed by a spraying technique.
  • a thickness of layer 14 has already been formed on core 12 (e.g. by a conventional molding process) it is preferred that a thin coating of the same elastomer as layer 14 be initially sprayed onto layer 14 to form a continuous layer therewith.
  • the material which is to form layer 16 is simultaneously sprayed in gradually increasing proportion with the layer 14 material.
  • the proportion of the layer 14 material is decreased while the proportion of layer 16 material increases (or remains constant) until only the layer 16 material is being sprayed. Only this material is then sprayed to the desired thickness of layer 16.
  • the layer 14 material may be sprayed directly upon core 12 and a desirable thickness thereof built up before the formation of layer 15 is initiated.
  • the proportion of the two materials continuously vary during the spraying process so that the proportion of the layer 16 material to layer 14 material gradually increases.
  • the proportions can be changed in fixed steps so that, for example, initially only layer 14 elastomer is sprayed; then a mixture of 75% of layer 14 elastomer and 25% of layer 16 elastomer is sprayed; then a mixture of 50% of each elastomer is sprayed; then a mixture of 25% of layer 14 elastomer and 75% of layer 16 elastomer is sprayed; and then only layer 16 elastomer is sprayed.
  • Other variations in the proportions of materials and number of layers may be effected within the scope of the present invention.
  • the layer 14 elastomer and layer 16 elastomer are preferably dissolved in the same solvents prior to spraying in order to maximize compatibility of the materials once sprayed on the roller.
  • the solvents used are preferably a suitable mixture of low boiling point and high boiling point solvents, the ratio of one solvent to another being selected to obtain proper drying time to insure acceptable roller properties such as the ability to resist delamination between layers.
  • a very thin layer 18 of toner offset preventing elastomer is bonded to the oil-impervious layer 16 by a bonding layer 17.
  • the bonding layer is applied by the spraying technique described above and comprises a gradually varying proportion of the layer 16 elastomer and the layer 18 elastomer from substantially only the layer 16 elastomer to substantially only the layer 18 elastomer.
  • the elastomer of layer 18 is preferably the same as the elastomer of layer 14 and may, for example, comprise silicone elastomer.
  • Layer 16 being made of a fuser oil-resistant elastomer such as fluoroelastomer, substantially prevents any oil absorbed by layer 18 from penetrating to layer 14 and thereby swelling it. Though not depicted as such, layer 18 is substantially thinner than layer 14; thus, any swelling of layer 18 due to absorption of fuser oil will be minimal compared to the swelling of layer 14 were it allowed to absorb oil.
  • a fuser oil-resistant elastomer such as fluoroelastomer
  • roller 30 includes a metallic core 32 which is internally heated by a quartz lamp 62; a first layer 34 of high-temperature resistant silicone elastomer bonded thereto; a second layer 36 of fluoroelastomer which is impervious to silicone fuser oil and resistant to degradation at high temperatures such as the aforementioned fluoroelastomers; and a bonding layer 35 intermediate to and continuous with layers 34 and 36 in which the proportion of the silicone elastomer to the fluoroelastomer gradually varies from substantially only the silicone elastomer to substantially only the fluoroelastomer.
  • a third layer 38 is provided which may be any high temperature resistant material which has good toner offset preventing characteristics.
  • layer 38 is of the same material as layer 34 and therefore may comprise silicone elastomer.
  • this material may be any other high temperature resistant elastomer which shows good toner offset preventing characteristics or may be a flexible polymer which is not elastomeric but which has good toner offset preventing characteristics and which is heat resistant, such as the fluoropolymer which comprises a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and polypropylene.
  • Layer 37 is intermediate to and continuous with layers 36 and 38 in which the proportion of the layer 36 material to the layer 38 material gradually varies from substantially only the layer 36 material to substantially only the layer 38 material.
  • fuser oil is applied by means of a wick 40 held against roller 30 by member 42. Wick 40 is saturated with fuser oil contained in sump 44.
  • fuser oils are commercially available and suitable for such use.
  • a pressure roller 50 is held in pressure engagement with fuser roller 30 by suitable force- applying means such as that disclosed in Research Disclosure No. 13,703, Sept. 1975, published by Industrial Opportunities, Ltd., Homewell, Havant, Hampshire, UK.
  • Pressure roller 50 includes a core 52 of metallic material mounted on shaft 54 and an outer layer 56 of material having good toner offset preventing characteristics such as polytetrafluoroethylene, silicone elastomer or fluoroelastomers such as the vinylidene-fluoride based fluoropolymeric elastomers.
  • Rollers 50 and 30 form a nip through which is passed receiver 58 carrying an unfixed toner image 60 on its underside. Through heat and pressure, toner image 60 is fixed permanently to receiver 58 as it passes this nip.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown apparatus which is useful for carrying out the above-described method invention.
  • an aluminum core 70 is rotatably mounted in bearings 72 and 74 by gudgeons 71 and 73, respectively.
  • a motor 76 is connected to core 70 to rotate it at a predetermined rotational speed.
  • Spray assembly 78 is provided and includes a carriage 80 upon which are mounted spray heads 82 and 84. Carriage 80 is driven for movement in d'irections 86 by means of a threaded rod 88 rotatably mounted in bearings 90 and 92 and driven by motor 93.
  • the spray area of spray heads 82 and 84 are contiguous.
  • Spray head 84 is supplied with first material to be sprayed from reservoir 95 by means of flexible conduit 94.
  • spray head 82 is supplied with second material to be sprayed from reservoir 96 by means of flexible conduit 98.
  • Valves 114 and 116 in conduits 94 and 98 respectively control the amount of material supplied to spray heads 84 and 82.
  • a source 104 of pressurized fluid such as air provides pressure to drive fluid motors 76 and 93, provides a pneumatic source for spraying materials from spray heads 84 and 82 and provides pressure to reservoirs 95 and 96.
  • Conduits 100 and 101 having regulators 102 and 103 supply pressurized air to reservoirs 95 and 96, respectively.
  • Conduits 106 and 108 supply pressurized air to spray heads 84 and 82 respectively.
  • Valves 110 and 112 control the amount of air supplied over conduits 106 and 108 respectively, while valves 114 and 116 control the actuation of spray heads 84 and 82.
  • the fuser roller may comprise inner and outer layers of silicone elastomer and a middle layer of a fluoroelastomer.
  • the inner layer is the thickest layer (e.g. 0.1 to 0.2 centimeter) of the multilayer fuser roller.
  • the outer layer which contacts a toner image is relatively thin (e.g.
  • the bonding layers are of the order of several microns thick.
  • a fuser roller is formed by the apparatus of Fig. 4 as follows:
  • silicone elastomer is sprayed upon core 70 to build up the inner layer to the desired thickness. Since spraying techniques might require an unnecessarily long time for building up such a thickness, it may be desirable as mentioned above, to provide a core 70 upon which a layer of silicone elastomer has already been formed by other techniques such as molding. Then, only an initial thin layer of silicone elastomer need be applied over this layer so that the time required for spraying is substantially reduced or a mixture of silicone elastomer and fluoroelastomer may be sprayed immediately on the silicone layer.
  • silicone elastomer is continued to be sprayed upon roller 70, and valve 116 is gradually opened to actuate spray head 82.
  • Valve 114 which has been fully opened during spraying of silicone elastomer only by head 84 is now gradually closed as valve 116 is gradually opened so that the mixture of the silicone elastomer and fluoroelastomer sprayed by heads 84 and 82 will gradually vary from only silicone elastomer being sprayed to only fluoroelastomer being sprayed.
  • valve 114 When only fluoroelastomer is being sprayed, valve 114 will have been closed, valve 116 will be fully opened, and fluoroelastomer will continue to be sprayed until the desired thickness of the fluoroelastomer layer is built up.
  • silicone elastomer is progressively added to the spray mixture until only silicone elastomer is being sprayed to a desired thickness.
  • the multi- layer fuser roller is then removed from the spraying apparatus and cured by known curing techniques.
  • Fusing rolls structured and manufactured in accordance with the aforedescribed product and method inventions were used to fuse toner images to 600,000 receiver sheets. After such use the rolls were thoroughly examined and it was found that step growth in the multilayer roller was only one-half of that expected to be found in a fuser roller having a single silicone elastomer layer of comparable thickness. Adhesion between the fluoroelastomer layer and silicone base layer was found to be comparable both before and after processing, indicating no deterioration in the adhesion between these layers after the 600,000 sheets were processed.

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US313871 1981-10-22
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US06/313,871 US4375505A (en) 1981-10-22 1981-10-22 Fuser member
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EP0454030A2 (de) * 1990-04-23 1991-10-30 Eastman Kodak Company Wärmefixierteil, geeignet für die Elektrostatographie
EP0709749A1 (de) * 1994-09-29 1996-05-01 Konica Corporation Fixiervorrichtung und Fixierverfahren
EP1460100A1 (de) * 2003-03-18 2004-09-22 Xerox Corporation Schmelzfixierrollenbauteil beschichtet mit Trennmittel enhaltend eine Mischung aus Fluorsilikon und Silikon
CN102001244A (zh) * 2009-08-28 2011-04-06 施乐公司 印刷中使用的压力辊、设备以及制造压力辊的方法

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EP0454030A2 (de) * 1990-04-23 1991-10-30 Eastman Kodak Company Wärmefixierteil, geeignet für die Elektrostatographie
EP0454030A3 (en) * 1990-04-23 1993-10-06 Eastman Kodak Company Fusing member useful in electrostatography
EP0709749A1 (de) * 1994-09-29 1996-05-01 Konica Corporation Fixiervorrichtung und Fixierverfahren
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EP1460100A1 (de) * 2003-03-18 2004-09-22 Xerox Corporation Schmelzfixierrollenbauteil beschichtet mit Trennmittel enhaltend eine Mischung aus Fluorsilikon und Silikon
US6808815B2 (en) 2003-03-18 2004-10-26 Xerox Corporation Blended fluorosilicone release agent for silicone fuser members
CN102001244A (zh) * 2009-08-28 2011-04-06 施乐公司 印刷中使用的压力辊、设备以及制造压力辊的方法

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