Fixing member for electrophotography, fixing device, electrophotographic image formation device, and addition curing liquid silicone rubber mixture
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuji Kitano, Matsutaka Maeda, Makoto Souma, Yasuhiro Miyahara, Yutaro Yoshida, Shigeo Kuroda
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Abstract
A fixing member including: a substrate; and an elastic layer arranged on the substrate, wherein the elastic layer contains a silicone rubber and metal silicon powder dispersed in the silicone rubber, wherein the elastic layer has an elastic modulus of 0.10 MPa or more and 0.40 MPa or less, and wherein the metal silicon powder has an aspect ratio of 1.4 or more and 2.5 or less, and a repose angle of 35° or more and 52° or less.
Claims8
A fixing member comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- an elastic layer arranged on the substrate,
- the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and metal silicon powder dispersed in the silicone rubber,
- the elastic layer having an elastic modulus of 0.10 MPa to 0.40 MPa, and
- the metal silicon powder having an aspect ratio of 1.4 to 2.5, and having a repose angle of 35° to 52°.
A fixing apparatus comprising a fixing member,
- the fixing member comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- an elastic layer arranged on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and metal silicon powder dispersed in the silicone rubber,
- the elastic layer having an elastic modulus of 0.10 MPa to 0.40 MPa, and
- the metal silicon powder having an aspect ratio of 1.4 to 2.5, and having a repose angle of 35° to 52°.
An addition-curable liquid silicone rubber mixture comprising:
- an addition-curable liquid silicone rubber;
- and
- metal silicon powder,
- the metal silicon powder having an aspect ratio of 1.4 to 2.5, and having a repose angle of 35° to 52°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.