Heating assembly, image-forming apparatus, and process for producing silicone rubber sponge and roller
US6459878B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49563
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A heating assembly having a press roller which has an elastic layer incorporated dispersedly with voids formed by resin microballoons.The press roller has a low thermal conductivity, hence heat from a heating means can effectively be utilized. It has also a low hardness, so that a pressure contact nip formed between it and the heating means can be made wider.
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