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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135324 | Fuser member and methods of making thereof A fuser member includes a substrate and an outer layer including a polymeric material and an aerogel component including aerogel particles having a surface area of from about 400 to about 1200 m2/g that is at least one of dispersed in or bonded ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8116672 | Image fixing device and image forming apparatus The invention provides an image fixing device containing a tubular formed first rotating body rotatable in a circumferential direction, a second rotating body that is arranged so that an outer circumferential surface of the second rotating body is in contact with an... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103203 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device that includes a first fixing unit including a first heating roller having a metallic roller and a resin layer formed on the metallic roller, and a first pressure roller coming into abutment with the first heating roller; and a second fixing unit havi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103204 | Fixing apparatus and image formation apparatus In a fixing apparatus including a fixing roller including an elastic layer, a heating roller including a heat source, the heating roller being formed by sequentially layering an elastic layer and a mold release layer on an outer circumferential face of a shaft, a fi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099035 | Induction heated member Exemplary embodiments provide an induction heating member including a substrate and a heating layer disposed on the substrate. The heating layer includes carbon nanotubes and metal. An outer layer is disposed on the heating layer and includes a fluoropolymer. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086160 | Fixing apparatus, roller for the fixing apparatus, flexible sleeve for the fixing apparatus, and methods of manufacturing the roller for the fixing apparatus and the flexible sleeve for the fixing apparatus A fixing roller has a base layer, a rubber layer formed on the base layer and a surface layer formed of a fluororesin tube, and a heater disposed inside the roller. The surface layer of the roller is formed by covering the fluororesin tube on the rubber layer in a c... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8055176 | Heat roller for electrophotographic image forming device A heat roller for an electrophotographic device comprised of an internal tube inside an insulating layer wherein a heating element having a resistance member is fixed to the outer surface of the insulating layer by depositing the resistance member onto a polyimide f... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055177 | Heating member including resistive heating layer and fusing device comprising the heating member A heating member includes a weight supporter having an outer circumference, and a resistive heating disposed on the outer circumference of the weight supporter. The resistive heating layer includes a conductive filler dispersed in a base material. A pair of electrod... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050612 | Fixing device having a temperature-uniforming roller A technique of reducing temperature unevenness in a heating member which heats a heating target member while reducing heat capacity of the heating member in a fixing device for an image forming apparatus is provided. The fixing device has a heating member having dia... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045909 | Surface treatment device, image forming apparatus, belt member, and image forming method A surface treatment device includes a belt member having a surface layer in which plural kinds of rubbers having a different hardness mixedly exist. In the device, a press/heat unit presses a recording medium with a toner image formed against the belt member such th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045910 | Light absorption device, fixing unit comprising the light absorption device and image forming apparatus comprising the fixing unit Disclosed are a light absorption device, a fixing unit including the same and an image forming apparatus including such fixing unit. The light absorption device includes a plurality of dielectric layers containing nano-rods. Surface plasmon resonance generated in re... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8019266 | Fixing device and image forming device The invention provides a fixing device having at least: a first rotary body, having a heat generating layer from which heat is generated by action of a magnetic field: a second rotary body contacting the first rotary body; a magnetic field generating unit arranged t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014714 | Fusers, printing apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media Fusers, printing apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media are disclosed. An embodiment of a fuser for heating media includes a fuser roll including an outer portion having a first outer surface; a voltage source connected to the outer portion and adapted to ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010033 | Fuser member comprising deflocculated material A fuser component useful in electrostatographic machines is provided, having a substrate, and thereover a coating composition comprising a haloelastomer, such as, for example, a fluoroelastomer, and a deflocculating agent. A fuser component comprising a deflocculati... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010032 | Fuser member comprising deflocculated material A fuser component useful in electrostatographic machines is provided, having a substrate, and thereover a coating composition comprising a haloelastomer, such as, for example, a fluoroelastomer, and a deflocculating agent. A fuser component comprising a deflocculati... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991341 | Electrophotographic fixing member and manufacturing method thereof, fixing apparatus, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus An electrophotographic fixing member is provided, which is excellent in toner releasability and hard to change in rubber elasticity of a silicone rubber elastic layer. The fixing member is laminated with a substrate, a cured silicone rubber layer, a cured silicone r... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991340 | Fuser member The present teachings provide a fuser member, including a substrate and a release layer disposed on the substrate. The release layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes surrounded by a fluoroelastomeric shell layer and dispersed in a fluoroplastic. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979015 | Heat fixing member and heat fixing assembly In a heat fixing member which is a seamless type cylindrical heat fixing member having an elastic layer, the elastic layer is mixed with carbon fibers, and the elastic layer has a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more in the thickness direction thereof. A hea... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974563 | Image heating apparatus and pressure roller therein having metal core and two elastic layers with different thermal conductivities A pressure member contacts a heating member to form a nip part where a recording material is heated and pinched-conveyed, and includes a first elastic layer and a second elastic layer 24b having a higher thermal conductivity than that of the first elas... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970332 | Oil less fusing using nano/micro textured fusing surfaces Exemplary embodiments provide a fixing member having a textured surface, and methods for making and using the textured fixing member. The fixing member can include a substrate having one or more functional layers formed thereon. The one or more functional layers can... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7941085 | Fusing core and drive collar assembly A system for stabilizing a fuser core in an imaging device. The system includes a fuser core having a body and two opposing ends, and a pair of hubs. The opposing ends of the fuser core are configured with ratchet type geometric profiles that mate with ratchet type ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925198 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device has a fixing roller, a pressure roller, an electromagnetic-induction heating section, and a heat pipe. The pressure roller has a metal layer, so that heat transferred directly from the fixing roller to the pressure roller is thermally transported by ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7844210 | Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus using it According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fixing apparatus including: a heat roller that includes: a heat source that generates heat to be supplied on a toner image formed on a recording medium; a cylindrical core; a rubber layer that is f... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7813688 | Fusing roller with an elastic layer of low hardness and method of manufacturing the same, fusing unit employing the fusing roller, and image forming apparatus employing the fusing unit A fusing roller which is heated by a heat source, includes: a core member; a first primer which is formed on a circumference of the core member; an elastic layer which is formed on a circumference of the first primer, and adhered on the circumference of the core mem... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7796933 | Fixing device using electromagnetic induction heating and image forming apparatus including same An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device to fix a toner image on a recording medium by applying heat. Such a fixing device includes at least a magnetic flux generator, a heat generating roller, a magnetic shunt layer, and a protective layer. The magnetic ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7764915 | Elastic roll and fixing device An elastic roll is used in a fixing device of an image forming apparatus. The elastic roll includes an elastic layer and a covering layer disposed on an outside of the elastic layer. The covering layer is made of a heat-resistant resin or a metal, which has higher r... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7742734 | Fixing device and image forming device equipped with the same A fixing device is provided with a heat roller (18) and a pressure roller (19) having a shaft (24) and an elastic layer (25) formed on a periphery thereof and being in pressurized contact with the heat roller (18). A concave region... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738828 | Fixing device, fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus A fixing device having at least a cylindrical base material, an elastic layer disposed on the base material, and a surface layer disposed on the elastic layer is provided. The cylindrical base material has a variation in thickness within about ±10% when the cylindr... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734241 | Image heating apparatus and rotatable heating member used for the same Disclosed is an image heating apparatus. The image heating apparatus includes a rotatable heating member for heating an image on a recording material in a nip portion, and a heating unit for heating the heating member from the outside thereof. With this structure, a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725067 | Heat roller, fixing apparatus A fixing apparatus according to the present invention includes a heat roller 2 which includes an elastic member 2b having an outer diameter which is different from another one in an axial direction, and a conductive layer 2c provid... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7725066 | Fixing roller and image forming apparatus A fixing roller includes: a core; an elastic layer made of an elastic material, formed around the core; and a resin layer made of fluorine resin, formed around the elastic layer. The fixing roller is designed such that the resin layer has a thickness of 40 μm or mo... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7725068 | Electrophotographic fixing member and manufacturing method thereof, fixing apparatus, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus An electrophotographic fixing member is provided, which is excellent in toner releasability and hard to change in rubber elasticity of a silicone rubber elastic layer. The fixing member is laminated with a substrate, a cured silicone rubber layer, a cured silicone r... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7693474 | Fixing member with toner releasing layer, and fixing apparatus with the same A fixing member having a toner releasing layer superior in toner releasability and a fixing apparatus provided with the fixing member are provided. The toner releasing layer is composed of fluororubber having an ether linkage in its molecule and a polysiloxane-type ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7672633 | Fixing roller with conductive inner layers, and fixing device and image forming apparatus being provided therewith A fixing roller is configured in a manner that a conductive primer layer, a conductive intermediate layer, and a non-conductive outermost layer (a release layer) are coated sequentially onto a surface of an outer circumference of a hollow cylindrical cored bar. The ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7647017 | Fixing device and image-forming apparatus Fixing device includes a first cylindrical rotating member having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface; a second rotating member which is brought into contact with the first rotating member; magnetic field generation units for generating a mag... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7593681 | Laminated body, endless belt, fixing device, and image forming device A laminated body has a heat generating layer having crystal grains of a first non-magnetic metal, and a base layer containing a second non-magnetic metal that is different from the first non-magnetic metal. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590377 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus with nonmagnetic metal layer substantially free from temperature rise due to induction heating A fixing device (30) has a fixing member (30) adapted to be heated by induction heating based on a magnetic field from an induction coil (34). A pressing member (40) is disposed in contact with the fixing member (30) to define ther... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7570913 | Heating roller assembly for image forming apparatus A heating roller assembly for an image forming apparatus. The heating roller assembly includes a heating roller pipe having a heating layer around which a coil is wound. The heating layer has a coil winding structure such that first portions ‘A’ formed adjacent ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7567776 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a heating rotation body, a heat source and a pressurization member. The heating rotation body has an endless peripheral surface that moves circularly. The heat source heats the heating rotation body. The pressurization member is in pressure-... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7558520 | Heating member for an image forming apparatus, having improved releasibility and conductivity The present invention is characterized in that, for the purpose of achieving a heating member (fixing member) in which thermal conductivity or electrical conductivity is given to a resin surface layer without loss of releasability, and heating efficiently is improve... | 07/07/2009 |
