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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:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideyuki Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Yasumasa Ohtsuka, Yokohama, JP;
Mahito Yoshioka, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Konishi, Omihachiman, JP;
Masafumi Matsumura, Kusatsu, JP;
Assignees:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
I.S.T. Corporation, Otsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399333 ; 399335 ; 399338 ;
Abstract
In a fixing device for heating and melting a toner image and fixing it onto a transfer material, the fixing device has a fixing member surface which comes in contact with a toner image. The fixing member surface has at least a resin and an ion-conductive electrical resistance value controlling material having a melting point higher than a maximum temperature in the fixing device.