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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeru Tashiro, Toyokawa, JP;
Atsuhiko Shimoyama, Tahara, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toso, Toyokawa, JP;
Tou Matsunaga, Okazaki, JP;
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeru Tashiro, Toyokawa, JP;
Atsuhiko Shimoyama, Tahara, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toso, Toyokawa, JP;
Tou Matsunaga, Okazaki, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing member according to the present invention is such one as is brought into pressure contact with a conveyed sheet to fix an image onto the sheet. The fixing member comprises a cylindrical or annular base material, a rubber layer provided so as to cover an outer surface of the base material and having elasticity, and an outer layer provided so as to cover an outer surface of the rubber layer for aiding release of the sheet. A siloxane content in a central section of the rubber layer is less than twice the siloxane content in an end portion of the rubber layer with respect to a width direction vertical to a circumferential direction on the base material.