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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Inagi, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Akiyama, Toride, JP;
Hiroto Sugimoto, Toride, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic fixing member includes a substrate, a cured silicone rubber layer and a fluorine resin layer bonded onto the cured silicone rubber layer, wherein a micro hardness of a cured silicone rubber constituting the cured silicone rubber layer is designated as Hμ0, and a micro hardness of a rubber obtained by soaking the cured silicone rubber in a methyl hydrogen silicone oil for 24 hours and then further curing the cured silicone rubber, is designated as Hμ1, Hμ1/Hμ0 is 1.5 or more and 5.0 or less, and the cured silicone rubber layer comprises a titanium oxide crystal having an anatase type structure.