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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Ha-jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
In-taek Han, Seoul, KR;
Sang-soo Jee, Kimpo-si, KR;
Sang-eui Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Dong-earn Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ha-jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
In-taek Han, Seoul, KR;
Sang-soo Jee, Kimpo-si, KR;
Sang-eui Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Dong-earn Kim, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A fixing unit includes a heating member which includes a core member, and a heating layer. The heating layer is disposed on an outer circumference of the core member. The heating layer includes an elastic material, and carbon nanotube doped with metal and distributed in the elastic material as a conductive filler of the heating layer. A press member faces the heating member to form a fixing nip. The fixing unit applies heat and pressure to toner on a medium passing through the fixing nip, to fix the toner on the medium.