Patent · US Expired

Fixing device having silicone rubber sprayed with phenyl type silicone oil

US5285248A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1990
Grant dateFeb 8, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2054
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to a fixing device with a heat rotatory body heated by a heating source having a surface layer of a silicone rubber; a back-up rotatory body which is in pressure contact with the heated rotatory body; an oil feeding apparatus which feeds silicone oil to the heated rotatory surface; the pair of rotatory bodies performing fixing while conveying the supporting material having unfixed images supported thereon sandwiched therebetween; and the feeding oil being a phenyl type silicone oil and the silicone rubber surface being impregnated with dimethylsilicone oil.

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