Fixing member, fixing apparatus and fixing method
US7359669B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2025 |
Classification
- 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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