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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2004
Kazuo Kishino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yaomin Zhou, Saitama, JP;
Kohji Sasaki, Saitama, JP;
Junichi Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Miyagi, Saitama, JP;
Nobuhiro Arai, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Kishino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yaomin Zhou, Saitama, JP;
Kohji Sasaki, Saitama, JP;
Junichi Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Miyagi, Saitama, JP;
Nobuhiro Arai, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Objects of the present invention are to provide an endless metal belt superior in flexing resistance and durability, to provide a fixing belt using the endless metal belt, and to provide a heat fixing device with high durability and high reliability. The objects are achieved by the endless metal belt formed of a nickel alloy containing 5% by weight or more of an additional metallic element and having a half-value width of an X-ray diffraction peak in a range of 0.5 degrees to 2 degrees for each of a crystal plane and a crystal plane, and by using the same.