Heater lamp for fixation, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsToshiyuki KABATA, Hideyuki YASUFUKU, Hiroyuki SHIMADA, Kazumi KUWATA, Takeshi SHIBUYA
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Abstract
A heater lamp for fixation and a method of producing the heater lamp are provided. The heater lamp includes a heat generator and a protective casing to cover the heat generator, in which an amount of carbon in an external surface of the protective casing as detected by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic method is equal to or less than 12 atomic %. The method of producing a heater lamp for fixation includes preparing a heat generator; preparing a protective casing to cover the heat generator; and heating the heat generator in an atmosphere containing oxygen gas.
Claims9
A heater lamp for fixation comprising:
- a heat generator;
- and
- a protective casing to cover the heat generator, wherein an amount of carbon in an external surface of the protective casing as detected by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic method is equal to or less than 12 atomic %.
A method of producing a heater lamp for fixation, comprising:
- preparing a heat generator;
- preparing a protective casing to cover the heat generator;
- and
- heating the heat generator in an atmosphere containing oxygen gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.