US Patent 8099035 - CNT heat layer for printer fuser

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This patent from Xerox teaches a way to use carbon nanotubes to form a heater layer in a fuser of a printer. Claim 1 reads:

1. A fuser member comprising:

a substrate;

a continuous phase metal heat inductive layer disposed on the substrate, the continuous phase metal heat inductive layer comprising an interpenetrating network of carbon nanotubes dispersed therein; and

an outer layer comprising a fluoropolymer disposed on the heat inductive layer.