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US 8,541,089 B2Granted
Fixing belt, base element for fixing belt, fixing device, image forming apparatus and method for producing base element
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Katabami, Minoru Matsuo, Shigenobu Fukui
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Abstract
A base element for a fixing belt are provided. The base element includes a sheet which is made of a heat resistant resin and has opposite end portions joined in an endless state. A conductive film layer of a thickness of 3 to 15 μm is provided over two third or more area of an inner surface of the endless belt.
Claims20
A base element for a fixing belt, comprising a sheet comprising a heat-resistant resin,
- wherein the sheet has opposite end portions that are joined in an endless state,
- a conductive film layer of a thickness of 3 to 15 μm comprises striped application parts covering at least two thirds but not the entirety of an inner surface of the sheet having opposite end portions joined in an endless state,
- the striped application parts comprise a conductive material sprayed on the sheet,
- the striped application parts of the conductive film layer are inclined to a rotation direction of the belt, and
- the conductive film layer satisfies a following relationship:
- ⅔≦X/(X+Y)<1,
- where X represents a total area of the striped application parts of the conductive film layer, and Y represents a total area of intervals between the striped application parts of the conductive film layer.
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