Coating film forming apparatus, electrophotographic fixing member formed by coating film apparatus, and image forming apparatus having electrophotographic fixing member

Abstract

A coating film forming apparatus, which applies a paint to an outer circumferential face of an object to be coated to form a coating film, the coating film forming apparatus, includes: a retention section which retains the coated object in a state in which the outer circumferential face is exposed and in which an axial core of the coated object is in parallel with a vertical direction; an applying nozzle formed in an annular shape, arranged to oppose the outer circumferential face and to have an interval therebetween, and coaxially arranged with the coated object retained by the retention section, the applying nozzle having a first slit, which discharges the paint to an inner circumferential face formed throughout a whole circumference thereof; a movement section, which relatively moves the retention section and the applying nozzle along the axial core; a paint supply section which supplies the paint to the applying nozzle; and a gaseous body discharger which discharges a gaseous body toward the paint discharged in a conic shape from the first slit, evenly throughout a whole circumference in a circumferential direction of the discharged paint, to change a discharging direction of the paint.

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