Use of aminosilane as an adhesion promoter between a silcone layer and a fluoropolymer layer

• Main Authors: KUNTZ ALAN R, BARRESE ELIZABETH L, FINN PATRICK J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.05.2008
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HOLOGRAPHY; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MAGNETOGRAPHY; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING

A layered structure, which may be used as a fuser member, comprises a first layer containing silicone; a second layer containing a fluoropolymer; and between the first and second layers, an adhesive layer comprising an aminosilane adhesive. In the layered structure, the second layer may additionally contain at least one of a polyamide-imide or a polyamide. Alternatively, or in addition, the adhesive layer may additionally contain fluoropolymer and at least one of a polyamide-imide or a polyamide.