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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kensaku Kusaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Kasukabe, JP;
Yoshiaki Takayanagi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355285 ; 432 60 ; 219216 ;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a sheet in slidable contact with the heater; and a back-up member cooperative with the heater to form a nip therebetween such that the sheet is interposed in the nip. An unfixed image on a side of a recording material in contact with the sheet is heated and fixed by heat from the heater through the sheet. The sheet includes (i) a base resin layer in slidable contact with the heater, and (ii) a surface parting layer disposed on the base resin layer. The surface parting layer is thinner than the base resin layer.