Patent · US Expired

Fixing apparatus preventing leakage of electric current from inner surface of fixing roller

US6347211B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1999
Grant dateFeb 12, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A fixing apparatus prevents the offset of toner onto a fixing roller, by forming a surface mold release layer made of pure fluororesin material on a core member of the fixing roller and by applying a bias voltage to the fixing roller.

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