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US 8,906,496 B2Granted
Sliding member and image-fixing device
AssigneeW. L. Grove & Associates, Co., Ltd.
InventorTakashi Maniwa
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Abstract
An object is to provide a sliding member having improved lubricant retention capacity without deteriorating the strength of a woven fabric. The sliding member includes: a fabric woven with a yarn containing a fiber bundle of fluororesin; and a lubricant attached to the fabric. In the sliding member, the fluororesin may be polytetrafluoroethylene (e.g., expanded polytetrafluoroethylene). An oil may be used as the lubricant. The sliding member can be used in an image-fixing device.
Claims6
A sliding member comprising:
- a fabric forming a sliding member, wherein the fabric is woven with a yarn containing a bundle of from 8-50 fibers of fluororesin fibers, wherein the fibers of fluororesin forming the yarn is from 10 to 100 denier, and wherein the fluororesin fibers are porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fibers;
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- a lubricant attached to the fabric,
- wherein a resin film is fixed on one side of the fabric, both of which are integrated together, and
- wherein a porous film is provided on one side or both sides of the resin film-integrated fabric.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.