US4596920A
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Heat roller fixing device
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-04-24
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Granted: 1986-06-24
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Expires: 2005-04-24
Abstract
Abstract A heat roller fixing device for use in an electrophotographic copying apparatus and the like, which includes a heating roller constituted by a fluorine resin layer laminated on an electrically conductive core member through a primer layer the heated roller being driven for rotation, and a pressure roller constituted by an electrically insulative layer on another electrically conductive core member and held in contact with the heating roller for simultaneous rotation with the heating roller so as to fix a charged toner image formed on copy paper onto the copy paper by causing the copy paper carrying the toner image thereon to pass between the heating roller and pressure roller. The primer layer is composed of a primer having incorporated therein an electrically conductive material, and the primer of the primer layer is partly exposed at the surface of the fluorine resin layer. Triboelectric charges produced on the surface of the fluorine resin layer are released by grounding through the primer layer and the electrically conductive core member.
Inventors
- 👤 Sanji Inagaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 09:36
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/20; G03G15/2003; G03G15/2014; G03G15/2053; G03G15/2057
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A heat roller fixing device which comprises a first roller constituted by a fluorine resin layer laminated on a first core member, which is electrically conductive and electrically grounded, through a primer layer and positioned to contact with a surface of copy paper having a charged toner image to be fixed thereon, and a second roller constituted by an elastic material layer laminated on a second core member, positioned to contact with a back surface of the copy paper and held in contact under pressure with said first roller, wherein said first roller is produced by a process comprising the steps of: (i) coating primer having incorporated therein an electrically conductive material over the surface of an electrically conductive first core member, to form a primer layer thereon, (ii) applying finely divided fluorine resin powder to the coated surface of said first core member, to form a fluorine resin layer on said primer layer, (iii) baking said primer and resin powder on the surface of said first core member, to form penetrating portions of said primer partially extending from said primer layer into said fluorine resin layer, and (iv) scraping a portion of said primer and said fluorine resin baked on the surface of said first core member, to expose said penetrating portions at the surface of said fluorine resin layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A heat roller fixing device which comprises a first roller constituted by a fluorine resin layer laminated on a first core member, which is electrically conductive and electrically grounded, through a primer layer and positioned to contact with a surface of copy paper having a charged toner image to be fixed thereon, and a second roller constituted by an elastic material layer laminated on a second core member, positioned to contact with a back surface of the copy paper and held in contact under pressure with said first roller, wherein said first roller is produced by a process comprising the steps of: (i) coating primer having incorporated therein an electrically conductive material over the surface of an electrically conductive first core member, to form a primer layer thereon, (ii) applying finely divided fluorine resin powder to the coated surface of said first core member, to form a fluorine resin layer on said primer layer, (iii) baking said primer and resin powder on the surface of said first core member, to form penetrating portions of said primer partially extending from said primer layer into said fluorine resin layer, and (iv) scraping a portion of said primer and said fluorine resin baked on the surface of said first core member, to expose said penetrating portions at the surface of said fluorine resin layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat roller fixing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastic material laminated on the second core member is insulating.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A heat roller fixing device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising heating means for heating said first roller.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A heat roller fixing device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said heating means is incorporated in said first roller.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat roller fixing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrically conductive material incorporated in said primer is carbon black.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A heat roller fixing device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the amount of the carbon black is 0.4 to 3.0% by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A heat roller fixing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fluorine resin powder is polytetrafluoro ethylene perfluoro alkoxy ethylene copolymer resin powder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat roller fixing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein steps (i) and (ii) are sequentially repeated before said step (iii).
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