Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Patent
1999-09-27
2000-11-07
Chen, Sophia S.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
219216, 219469, 399333, G03G 1520
Patent
active
061448338
ABSTRACT:
A fixing device has first and second rollers respectively formed of a metallic cylindrical body provided with an elastic member. The rollers are abutted against each other so that the elastic members contact each other. The fixing device further has a heater for heating at least one of the rollers and a driver for rotating at least one of the rollers so that a transfer sheet passes through contact portion of the rollers. Roller hardness of the first roller is smaller than that of the second roller, and density of cross-link of the elastic member of the first roller is lower than that of the elastic member of the second roller.
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Isogai Mitsuru
Ito Tetsuro
Chen Sophia S.
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
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