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(11) EP 0 077 991 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.07.1983 Bulletin 1983/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.05.1983 Bulletin 1983/18

(21) Application number: 82109594

(22) Date of filing: 18.10.1982
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 22.10.1981 US 313871
22.10.1981 US 313914

(71) Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)
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(72) Inventors:
  • Newkirk, James Stanley
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  • Wiederhold, Robert Anton
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(54) Multilayer fuser member and method of making


(57) O Disclosed herein is a multilayerfuser member (10) which includes a first layer (14) of an elastomeric material; an oil-impervious second layer (16), preferably a fluoroelastomer; and (3) a bonding layer (15) intermediate the first and second layers in which the proportion of the elastomeric material to the oil-impervious material gradually varies from substantially only the elastomeric material to substantially only the oil-impervious material.
A method of making the fuser member by a spraying technique is also disclosed.






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