Fixing member manufacturing apparatus

A fixing member manufacturing apparatus comprising:

• a coating device configured to coat an outer peripheral surface of an elastic material with an adhesive;
• a mechanism configured to externally fit a resin tube around the elastic material coated by said coating device with the adhesive;
• a mechanism configured to heat the resin tube at a longitudinal end portion to temporarily fix the resin tube onto the elastic material at the longitudinal end portion;
• a mechanism configured to heat the resin tube at another longitudinal end portion expect for a circumferential part of the resin tube to temporarily fix the resin tube onto the elastic material at said another longitudinal end portion;
• a mechanism configured to squeeze out an excessive adhesive from between the elastic material and the resin tube, in a direction from the longitudinal end portion to said another longitudinal end portion of the resin tube;
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• a mechanism configured to heat the adhesive located between the elastic material and the resin tube to fix the resin tube onto the elastic material.