Patents by Inventor Gordon Sisler

Gordon Sisler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110217529
    Abstract: According to an embodiment a method of making a fuser member is described. The method includes, obtaining a silicone layer disposed on a substrate and coating a primer composition including an aqueous dispersion of a fluorelastomer and a curing agent on the silicone layer. A topcoat composition is coated on the primer composition which includes a fluoroplastic dispersion. The primer composition and the topcoat composition are heated to form the fuser member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, David C. Irving, Patrick J. Finn, Gordon Sisler
  • Patent number: 7991340
    Abstract: The present teachings provide a fuser member, including a substrate and a release layer disposed on the substrate. The release layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes surrounded by a fluoroelastomeric shell layer and dispersed in a fluoroplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Qi, Qi Zhang, Nan-Xing Hu, Gordon Sisler, Guiqin Song
  • Publication number: 20110177256
    Abstract: A process for overcoating an image and enhancing the adherence of the overcoat to the image by applying heat and/or infrared light to the image. The image may be formed with a toner containing a resin and colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: T. Brian McAneney, Gordon Sisler, Michelle N. Chrétien
  • Patent number: 7970328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is printing system comprising a first printer configured to print a first set of data on a document, the first printer including a fuser employing fuser oil, and an in-line spray coater configured to deposit a wax coating on a portion of the document to repel or cover fuser oil. A corresponding method is also described. The method and system are useful for preparing MICR encoded documents such as checks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt I. Halfyard, Christine D. Anderson, Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney
  • Publication number: 20110142508
    Abstract: The present teachings provide a fuser member, including a substrate and a release layer disposed on the substrate. The release layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes surrounded by a fluoroelastomeric shell layer and dispersed in a fluoroplastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Qi, Qi Zhang, Nan-Xing Hu, Gordon Sisler, Guiqin Song
  • Patent number: 7939176
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a xerographic print comprising a substrate with a toner-based image printed thereon, the printed substrate including low surface tension portions having a surface tension of no more than about 22 mN/m at 25 Deg. C. resulting in a surface tension gradient field on the substrate, the printed substrate being coated with a coating comprising at least one surfactant and a film-forming polymer, the coating having a liquid phase surface tension at 25 Deg. C. not exceeding the surface tension of the low surface tension portions of the printed substrate by more than about 2 mN/m, the coating having substantially no pinholes and being sufficiently resistant to permeation by the fuser oil to exhibit an effective absence of haze 24 hours after application. A system and a method of applying a substantially pinhole-free and haze-free coating substantially immediately after print fusing also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney, David Michael Thompson, Michael J. Diehl, Kurt I. Halfyard, Christine D. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20110070414
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for bonded articles using dendrimers for facilitating adhesion between an adhesive and a substrate with low surface free energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guiqin Song, T. Brian MCANENEY, Nan-Xing Hu, Gordon Sisler
  • Patent number: 7858279
    Abstract: Xerographic prints with a toner-based image and an overprint, said overprint based on radiation curable compositions containing a radiation curable oligomer/monomer, at least one photoinitiator and at least one surfactant, are disclosed. The overprints are particularly well-suited for wetting over substrates containing residual fuser oil and reducing or preventing document offset and for protecting xerographic images on substrates subjected to abrasives, heat, and/or sunlight since the compositions protect such images from cracking, fading, and smearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt I. Halfyard, Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney
  • Publication number: 20100286327
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide composite materials used for fixing members that can include silsesquioxane-based particles and/or carbon nanotubes dispersed in a polymer matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carolyn Moorlag, Yu Qi, Qi Zhang, Sandra J. Gardner, Gordon Sisler, Guiqin Song, Nan-Xing Hu
  • Patent number: 7807015
    Abstract: An adhesion promoter comprising a silane compound and at least one of (1) a release agent, or (2) an adhesive, and methods of applying the adhesion promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jyothsna Ram, David P. Van Bortel, Guiqin Song, Nan-Xing Hu, T. Brian McAneney, Gordon Sisler, Stephan V. Drappel
  • Publication number: 20100196682
    Abstract: A surface treatment method of oil contaminated xerographic prints which increases the surface energy of the print to levels close to the values corresponding to the original uncontaminated paper. Subjecting the contaminated surface to both ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ozone can change the chemical structure of the surface of the paper in such a way that a highly polar surface is created as a consequence of this treatment, leading to enhanced adhesion properties of the xerographic print.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicoleta Mihai, Samantha M. Roland, Guiqin Song, Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney
  • Patent number: 7754812
    Abstract: An adhesion promoter for a hot melt adhesive or a pressure sensitive adhesive prepared by admixing a hydrolytic silane compound with an aqueous buffer solution. The adhesive is able to bind at very low surface free energy substrates, such as Xerographic prints contaminated by silicone fuser oil. The hot melt adhesive maintains a substantially stable viscosity at temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Guiqin Song, Nan-Xing Hu, T. Brian McAneney, Gordon Sisler
  • Publication number: 20100112232
    Abstract: A method of controlling gloss of an image includes applying an overcoat composition of at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator over a substrate, wherein the overcoat composition is curable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation; following the applying of the overcoat composition and prior to curing the overcoat composition by applying ultraviolet radiation, applying heat to heat the applied overcoat composition to a temperature of at least 35° C.; and subsequent to the applying heat, applying ultraviolet radiation to the overcoat composition to substantially cure the overcoat composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michelle N. Chretien, Jennifer L. Belelie, Gordon Sisler
  • Publication number: 20100086768
    Abstract: A plurality of particles including: (a) a binder; (b) a photochromic material; and (c) a light absorbing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler Norsten, Daryl W. Vanbesien, Gabriel Iftime, Kentaro Morimitsu, Peter M. Kazmaier, Gordon Sisler
  • Publication number: 20100086787
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide coating compositions having pseudo-fluorine surface and methods for processing and using the coating compositions. The coating composition can include, for example, a plurality of fluorine-containing resin fillers and a plurality of nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes (CNTs)) dispersed in a polymer matrix that contains, e.g., one or more cross-linked polymers. The fluorine-containing resin fillers can provide a pseudo-fluorine surface for a low surface energy of the coating composition. The nanotubes can be dispersed in the polymer matrix to provide an improved mechanical robustness of the coating composition. The coating composition can be coated on a member surface, wherein the coated member can be, for example, a fuser member, a fixing member, a pressure roller, or a release agent donor member, used in an electrostatographic printing device or process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu QI, Nan-Xing Hu, Qi Zhang, Gordon Sisler, Brian McAneney
  • Publication number: 20100021698
    Abstract: A method of controlling gloss of an image includes forming an image over a substrate by applying a colored or colorless composition, included a colored ink and/or a colorless overcoat composition, over one or more portions of the substrate, wherein the colored or colorless composition includes at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator, wherein the colored or colorless composition is curable upon exposure to radiation, and curing the colored or colorless composition following application by applying radiation to the colored or colorless composition and, during the curing, controlling an amount of oxygen present in an atmosphere around the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michelle N. CHRETIEN, Peter G. ODELL, Jennifer L. BELELIE, Gordon SISLER, Christopher A. WAGNER
  • Patent number: 7641982
    Abstract: A composition includes at least one radiation curable (alkyl)acrylate-polyester oligomer, at least one photoinitiator, and at least one surfactant, wherein the composition has a viscosity of from about 50 cP to about 3000 cP at about 25° C., and a surface tension of from about 15 to about 40 dynes/cm at about 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt I. Halfyard, Gordon Sisler, T Brian McAneney
  • Publication number: 20090317559
    Abstract: A method of controlling gloss of an image includes determining a desired gloss of an image; in an overcoat composition of at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator, wherein the overcoat composition is curable upon exposure to radiation, setting the amount of at least one curable wax to include in the overcoat composition based on the determined desired gloss; preparing the overcoat composition to contain the set amount of the at least one curable wax; applying the overcoat composition over a substrate; and applying radiation to substantially cure the overcoat composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Michelle N. Chretien, Gordon Sisler, Christopher A. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20090258155
    Abstract: A substantially colorless radiation overcoat composition suitable for overcoating ink-based images and xerographic-based images. The overcoat composition comprises at least one gellant, at least one monomer, at least one substantially non-yellowing photoinitiator, optionally a curable wax, and optionally a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter G. ODELL, Jennifer L. BELELIE, Michelle N. CHRETIEN, Gordon SISLER, Christopher A. WAGNER
  • Patent number: 7579394
    Abstract: An adhesion promoter for a hot melt adhesive or a pressure sensitive adhesive prepared by admixing a hydrolytic silane compound with an aqueous buffer solution. The adhesive is able to bind at very low surface free energy substrates, such as Xerographic prints contaminated by silicone fuser oil. The hot melt adhesive maintains a substantially stable viscosity at temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Guiqin Song, Nan-Xing Hu, T. Brian McAneney, Gordon Sisler