Patent · US Expired

Fixing device and film for use in it

US5697037A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateFeb 1, 1996
Grant dateDec 9, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2057
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a fixing device for heating and melting a toner image and fixing it onto a transfer material, the fixing device has a fixing member surface which comes in contact with a toner image. The fixing member surface has at least a resin and an ion-conductive electrical resistance value controlling material having a melting point higher than a maximum temperature in the fixing device.

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