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Fixing apparatus and film

US5765085A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1996
Grant dateJun 9, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2038
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing apparatus having a fixing film for use in an electrophotographic apparatus for fusing toner images to a copy substrate, the fixing film comprising a fluorinated carbon filled fluoroelastomer, and in embodiments, the fixing film comprises an optional substrate, an optional intermediate layer provided thereon, and an outer fluorinated carbon filled fluoroelastomer layer provided on the intermediate layer.

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