Image heating apparatus including heating rotatable member and cooperating rubbing rotatable member
US7460821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotatable member for heating an image on a recording material in a nip, a nip forming member for cooperating with the heating rotatable member to form the nip, and a rubbing rotatable member. The rubbing rotatable member rubs, by its rotation, the heating rotatable member. The rubbing rotatable member has an elastic layer to provide a microhardness [GPa] of not less than 0.03 and not more than 1.0.
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