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US 2014/0348559 A1Published application
Fixing belt, fixing device, and method for manufacturing fixing belt
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Miyahara
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Abstract
A fixing belt includes an inner layer, serving as a sliding layer, in which filler particles having an aspect ratio of 5 or more are oriented substantially in the longitudinal direction of the fixing belt.
Claims20
An endless fixing belt comprising:
- an inner layer;
- and
- an outer layer disposed outside the inner layer,
- wherein the inner layer contains filler particles, 75% or more of the filler particles having an aspect ratio of 5 or more and being oriented at an angle within ±30° from a longitudinal direction of the fixing belt.
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A fixing device comprising:
- a first rotating member and a second rotating member configured to fix a toner image formed on a sheet in a nip therebetween, the first rotating member being an endless belt including an inner layer and an outer layer disposed outside the inner layer;
- and
- a pressing member disposed inside the belt and configured to press the belt against the second rotating member,
- wherein the inner layer contains filler particles, 75% or more of the filler particles having an aspect ratio of 5 or more and being oriented at an angle within ±30° from a longitudinal direction of the belt.
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A method for manufacturing an endless fixing belt, comprising the steps of:
- adding filler particles having an aspect ratio of 5 or more to a resin;
- providing a base layer for forming the fixing belt;
- and
- applying the resin containing the filler particles inside the base layer while relatively moving the resin containing the filler particles relative to the base layer in a longitudinal direction of the base layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.