USRE33770E
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Heat-fixing apparatus
Assignee: Proterial Ltd
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Filing: 1990-08-06
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Granted: 1991-12-17
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Expires: 2010-08-06
Abstract
Abstract A heat-fixing apparatus comprising a heating roll to be brought into contact with a toner image borne on a sheet member, a pressure roll in pressed contact with the heating roll to provide a nip portion therebetween, each of the heating roll and the pressure roll being constituted by a cylindrical core coated with a heat-resistant, resilient layer and a resin surface layer having release properties, the heating roll and the pressure roll having such surface hardness as to make the nip portion substantially flat and also having substantially the same outer diameter, and the contact pressure of the rolls being such that the nip portion has a width within the range of providing good fixing capability. This heat-fixing apparatus can perform toner image fixing even on sheet members of a plurality of plies such as envelopes without creasing.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuhiro Torino
- 👤 Keitaro Yamashita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 00:46
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/20; G03G15/2003; G03G15/2014; G03G15/2053; G03G15/2064
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A heat-fixing apparatus comprising a heating roll and a pressure roll, each of said heating roll and said pressure roll being constituted by a cylindrical core coated with a heat-resistant, resilient layer having a thickness of 1-2 mm and a thermal conductivity of 0.2×10 -3 cal/cm.sec.°C. or more, and a resin surface layer having release properties, the difference in outer diameter between said heating roll and said pressure roll being 5 mm or less, and said heating roll and said pressure roll having a surface hardness Hs of 85° or less and being in pressed contact with each other at a linear pressure of 0.8-2.0 kg/cm to provide therebetween a flap nip portion through which a toner image-bearing multilayer sheet member passes without creasing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A heat-fixing apparatus comprising a heating roll and a pressure roll, each of said heating roll and said pressure roll being constituted by a cylindrical core coated with a heat-resistant, resilient layer having a thickness of 1-2 mm and a thermal conductivity of 0.2×10 -3 cal/cm.sec.°C. or more, and a resin surface layer having release properties, the difference in outer diameter between said heating roll and said pressure roll being 5 mm or less, and said heating roll and said pressure roll having a surface hardness Hs of 85° or less and being in pressed contact with each other at a linear pressure of 0.8-2.0 kg/cm to provide therebetween a flap nip portion through which a toner image-bearing multilayer sheet member passes without creasing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The heat-fixing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said heating roll and said pressure roll have substantially the same outer diameter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The heat fixing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the difference in surface hardness ΔHs between said heating roll and said pressure roll is 15° is less. .Iadd.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
167 words
A heat-fixing apparatus comprising a heating roll and a pressure roll, each of said heating roll and said pressure roll being constituted by a cylindrical core coated with a heat-resistant, resilient layer having a thickness of 1-2 mm and a thermal conductivity of 0.2×10 -3 cal/cm.sec. °C. or more, and a resin surface layer having release properties, the difference in outer diameter between said heating roll and said pressure roll being 5 mm or less, and said heating roll and said pressure roll having a surface hardness Hs of 85° or less and being in pressed contact with each other at a linear pressure of 0.8-2.0 kg/cm to provide therebetween a flat nip portion. .Iaddend. .Iadd.5. The heat-fixing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said heating roll and said pressure roll have substantially the same outer diameter. .Iaddend. .Iadd.6. The heat fixing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the difference in surface hardness ΔHs between said heating roll and said pressure roll is 15° or less. .Iaddend.
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