Fixing member comprising resilient layer including inclined portion, fixing device and image forming device
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Kimura, Shigehito Ando
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Abstract
There is provided a fixing member to be used in a pressured state, the fixing member including: a base member that is rotated; a resilient layer that is formed on an outer periphery of the base member; and a surface layer that is formed on an outer periphery of the resilient layer, wherein an axial direction end face of the resilient layer includes an inclined portion that is inclined such that an axial direction length thereof is longer at the base member side than at the surface layer side, and that is exposed in the axial direction.
Claims19
A fixing member to be used in a pressured state, the fixing member comprising:
- a base member that is rotated;
- a resilient layer adhered to an outer periphery of the base member;
- and
- a surface layer adhered to an outer periphery of the resilient layer,
- wherein an axial direction end face of the resilient layer includes an inclined portion that is inclined such that an axial direction length thereof is longer at the base member side than at the surface layer side, and that is exposed in the axial direction, and
- the inclined portion constitutes the entire axial direction end face so that the axial direction end face is inclined from the base member to the surface layer.
A fixing member to be used in a pressured state, the fixing member comprising:
- a fixing roller that heats a developing agent on a recording medium;
- and
- a pressure roller that presses the heated developing agent and opposes the fixing roller, the pressure roller comprising:
- a base member that is rotated;
- a resilient layer adhered to an outer periphery of the base member;
- and
- a surface layer adhered to an outer periphery of the resilient layer, wherein
- an axial direction end face of the resilient layer includes an inclined portion that is inclined such that an axial direction length thereof is longer at the base member side than at the surface layer side, and that is exposed in the axial direction,
- the inclined portion constitutes the entire axial direction end face so that the axial direction end face is inclined from the base member to the surface layer, and
- an axial direction length of the fixing roller is greater than an axial direction length of the surface layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.