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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Nok Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Nemoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Kenji Sasaki, Fujisawa, JP;
Masaya Suzuki, Fujisawa, JP;
Hidetomo Mukai, Fujisawa, JP;
NOK CORPORATION, , JP;
Abstract
A tubular fuser device rotates and is in contact with a sheet on which a positively charged toner image is formed to fix the toner image to the sheet. The fuser device includes a tubular substrate made of a metal, a rubber layer covering the outer periphery of the substrate, an adhesion layer covering the outer periphery of the rubber layer, and a surface layer made of a resin covering the outer periphery of the adhesion layer. The adhesion layer has a first adhesion layer that is in contact with the rubber layer and a second adhesion layer interposed between the first adhesion layer and the surface layer. The first adhesion layer is made of a fluororesin-based adhesive, and the second adhesion layer is made of a silicone rubber-based adhesive containing an ionic conductor.