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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Inagi, JP;
Yoshihito Oshima, Yokohama, JP;
Toshinori Nakayama, Kashiwa, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing member is provided, including a release layer containing a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer (PFA), wherein a content of the perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether (PAVE) based on all PFAs in the release layer is 3.0 mol % or more and 5.8 mol % or less, and an elastic layer having an indentation elastic modulus Eat a surface thereof and an indentation elastic modulus Eat a position in a depth of 50 μm from the surface, Eand Ebeing measured at a temperature of 150° C., and Eis larger than Eand Ebeing 17 MPa or more and 24 MPa or less.