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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Baba, Chiba, JP;
Shigeo Kurotaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Katsuhiro Echigo, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Baba, Chiba, JP;
Shigeo Kurotaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Katsuhiro Echigo, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing member heat bonds a toner on a recording material. The fixing member includes a releasing layer, a layer of elastic material, below the releasing layer, and a layer of adiabatic and hygroscopic material, below the layer of elastic material. The layer of elastic material includes a layer of electrically conducting material to pass electric currents, an adiabatic, elastic, and hydrophobic material, and a porous material to the release of the moisture absorbed by the layer of adiabatic and hygroscopic material.