Patent · US Expired

Fixing apparatus

US4375201A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1981
Grant dateMar 1, 1983
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Expiry dateMay 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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