摘要 |
A porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) structure suitable for use as an oil transfer component for coating or wiping a roll in a fuser system of a copying machine has a fibrillated surface. The PTFE structure is formed from particles of granular-type polytetrafluoroethylene fused together to form a porous integral network of interconnected particles, and is produced by casting a PTFE suspension onto e.g. a mesh and drying, so that the PTFE engulfs at least some of the wires of the mesh. Removal of the PTFE sheet from the mesh results in a fibrillated irregular surface 72, 74. <IMAGE> |