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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yaomin Zhou, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Kishino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Yano, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kouji Sasaki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
To provide a high-durable fixing belt and an image fixing apparatus with high durability and high reliability for using a heating body needing a small amount of thermal capacity to enable heating with low energy. The fixing belt according to the present invention includes at least a release layer and a metal layer made by electroforming nickel, in which the electroformed nickel has a crystal orientation ratio 1 /1 of 3 or more, in which a surface(200) is preferentially grown, and a microvickers hardness of 280 to 450.