Elastic rotatable member
US4804576A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 1986 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31909
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An elastic rotatable member usable for image fixing includes an elastic layer having a roughened surface, a resin layer formed by applying a liquid resin on the surface of the elastic layer and heating it up to a temperature not lower than its crystalline melting point and then quickly cooling it, wherein the resin layer has a side near the elastic layer, having a number of fine concave and convex portions, and wherein the convex portions are in concave portions of the surface of the elastic layer, and the concave portions of the resin layer is pressed by the convex portions of the elastic layer.
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