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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihito Oshima, Yokohama, JP;
Matsutaka Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); C08J 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 15/18 (2006.01); B32B 25/20 (2006.01); B32B 27/16 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B32B 15/06 (2006.01); B32B 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/206 (2013.01); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B32B 15/06 (2013.01); B32B 15/18 (2013.01); B32B 25/08 (2013.01); B32B 25/20 (2013.01); B32B 27/16 (2013.01); B32B 27/281 (2013.01); B32B 27/322 (2013.01); G03G 15/20 (2013.01); B32B 2307/306 (2013.01); B32B 2307/51 (2013.01); B32B 2307/554 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fixing member having high abrasion resistance and being excellent in toner releasability, and a method of manufacturing the fixing member. The fixing member according to the present invention includes: a base member; an elastic layer formed on a surface of the base member; and a surface layer, in which the surface layer contains a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a specific partial structure and has a surface that forms a contact angle of 65° or more with respect to a wetting tension test mixture having a wetting tension of 31.0 mN/m.