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US 2014/0178114 A1Published application
Method for manufacturing sheet heating element, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi TAMEMASA, Mitsuru SATO
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a sheet heating element includes preparing a sheet member containing a metal or alloy, and performing anodic oxidizing treatment on the sheet member until only a surface layer of the sheet member is oxidized while a center portion thereof is not oxidized.
Claims10
A method for manufacturing a sheet heating element comprising:
- preparing a sheet member containing a metal, or alloy;
- and
- performing anodic oxidizing treatment on the sheet member until only a surface layer of the sheet member is oxidized while a center portion thereof is not oxidized.
A method for manufacturing a sheet heating element comprising:
- preparing a sheet member having a heating element layer containing a metal or alloy and a covering layer that covers an external face of the heating element layer and contains a metal or alloy;
- and
- performing anodic oxidizing treatment on the covering layer while the sheet heating element is not oxidized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.