Fixing apparatus
US4375201A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 1981 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for fixing a toner-image by transporting a toner image bearing material as it is held between a heated fixing roll and a compression roll. The apparatus uses a porous tube of tetrafluoroethylene resin with both ends sealed which is placed in contact with the fixing roll in an axial direction and a release agent is applied onto the surface of the fixing roll through the porous tube.
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