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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Saito, Ebina, JP;
Kazumi Inaba, Ebina, JP;
Hideaki Sekiguchi, Ebina, JP;
Keitaro Sonoguchi, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399333 ;
Abstract
A toner image fixing device which has a satisfactory self-stripping ability to suppress the formation of creases of an envelope, and to prevent the abrasion of the elastic layers of a pair of toner image fixing rollers. In the fixing device, surface strain .di-elect cons.h in the circumferential direction of the first elastic layer of a first toner image fixing roller which comes in contact with a non-fixed toner image on a recording medium, and surface strain .di-elect cons.p in the circumferential direction of the second elastic layer of a second toner image fixing roller are defined by: