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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1995
Kohichi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuya Tomosue, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nichias Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an oil coating roller composed of a coating fluid holding member comprising a porous hollow cylindrical molded body impregnated with a coating fluid, such as silicone oil, with a driving shaft inserted through the hollow portion thereof, both ends of the coating fluid holding member being fixed to the driving shaft, and felt fabricated of heat-resistant fiber wounded around the outer surface thereof, wherein the porous hollow cylindrical molded body is fabricated of heat-resistant fibers bound to each other with a binder and has an average pore size of 15 to 50 .mu.m and a porosity of 50 to 80%. The oil coating roller can be produced with ease, stably feeds the coating fluid for an extended period of time, and is particularly suitable for applying silicone oil to a fixing roller of an electrostatic copying machine.