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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
492 56 ;
Abstract
A fixing roller for use in an electrophotographic apparatus wherein copy paper carrying a toner image formed thereon is passed between a pair of rollers so that the toner image is thermally fixed on the copy paper. The fixing roller includes a roller substrate having a hollow core, an elastic layer made of silicone rubber formed on an outer surface of the roller substrate, a fluororubber layer, and (D) a release layer consisting of fluororesin are provided in this order. An adhesion layer for silicone rubber and fluororubber is provided between the silicone rubber elastic layer and the fluororubber layer.