Oil application roll for electrophotograph fixation and method of fabricating the same

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an oil application roll for electrophotograph fixation, which comprises a roll base, an oil holder provided on the roll base, and a porous fluororesin surface layer provided on the oil holder. The porous fluororesin surface layer has a maximum pore diameter of less than 0.1 .mu.m, an air permeability of 500 to 6000 s/100 cc, and a surface roughness of less than Ra 0.5 .mu.m. There is also provided a method of fabricating an oil application roll for electrophotograph fixation, which comprises the steps of (a) providing an oil holder on a roll base, (b) mounting a cylindrical film consisting of porous fluororesin having a thermal shrinkage of more than 30% onto the oil holder to obtain a roll body, and (c) heating the roll body so that the oil holder is covered with the cylindrical film. The cylindrical film consisting of porous fluororesin has a maximum pore diameter of less than 0.1 .mu.m, a void ratio of between 25% and 70%, an air permeability of between 500 s/100 cc and 4000 s/100 cc, and a surface roughness of less than Ra 0.5 .mu.m.

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