Fixing member and method for manufacturing same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8652019
APP PUB NO 20110200371A1
SERIAL NO

13023618

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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.

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  • KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matsunaga, Tou Okazaki, JP 4 55
Oomoto, Noboru Toyokawa, JP 36 161
Shimoyama, Atsuhiko Tahara, JP 21 213
Tashiro, Shigeru Toyokawa, JP 25 567
Toso, Yoshiyuki Toyokawa, JP 29 209
Yoshikawa, Shoichi Okazaki, JP 44 236

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