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Fixing member, fixing apparatus and fixing method

US7359669B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2005
Grant dateApr 15, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2051
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing member has a support and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer is a rubber mold-releasing layer containing a mixture of a fluorocarbon rubber and dimethyl silicone rubber, the rubber mold-releasing layer has an island-in-sea structure, the dimethyl silicone rubber stands as an island phase, the fluorocarbon rubber stands as a sea phase, the island phase is a dispersion phase and the sea phase is a continuous phase, an average particle diameter of the island phase in the sectional plane of the rubber mold-releasing layer is 20 μm or less and the combining proportion of the fluorocarbon rubber and the dimethyl silicone rubber falls within a range of 20:80 to 80:20 in terms of a volume proportion.

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