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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1988
Ryoichi Shibata, Fukaya, JP;
Kiyoshi Kinugawa, Kumagaya, JP;
Tsutomu Iimura, Tachikawa, JP;
Yasuo Sawano, Saitama, JP;
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat roll for electrophotography of a surface heating type having a heating resistor is arranged such that a bonding layer, an insulating layer, a resistance layer, and a surface insulating layer are consecutively provided on an outer surface of a hollow cylindrical core, and a bearing member for fitting with a bearing is fitted at each opposite end of the heat roll. A pipe or a round bar formed of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, copper, a copper alloy, or the like which has a greater coefficient of thermal conductivity than that of mild steel is disposed inside the core to permit a uniform distribution of the temperature. In addition, a gap of 0.2 mm or more is provided between the inner surface of the core and an outer peripheral surface of the member formed of the high-temperature conductive material. As a result, effects that are attributable to a difference in the coefficients of thermal conductivity can be alleviated, and a temperature rise of the heat roll up to a predetermined temperature can be accelerated.