Claims
- 1. An image fixing apparatus comprising:
- a heater;
- a sheet in slidable contact with said heater;
- a back-up member cooperative with said heater to form a nip therebetween such that said sheet is interposed in the nip, wherein an unfixed image on a side of a recording material in contact with said sheet is heated and fixed by heat from said heater through said sheet;
- wherein said sheet comprises (i) a base resin layer in slidable contact with said heater, and (ii) a surface parting layer disposed on said base resin layer, said surface parting layer being thinner than said base resin layer.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said surface parting layer comprises a low resistance material, and said base resin layer is devoid of a low resistance material.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said surface parting layer comprises fluorine resin, and said base resin layer comprises polyimide resin.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a primer layer bonding said surface parting layer to said base resin layer.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of said sheet is not more than 50 microns.
Priority Claims (11)
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62-147884 |
Jun 1987 |
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63-012069 |
Jan 1988 |
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63-091267 |
Apr 1988 |
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63-091268 |
Apr 1988 |
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63-091269 |
Apr 1988 |
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63-091270 |
Apr 1988 |
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63-091271 |
Apr 1988 |
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63-091272 |
Apr 1988 |
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63-091274 |
Apr 1988 |
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63-109192 |
May 1988 |
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63-109193 |
May 1988 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/847,323 filed Mar. 6, 1992; which is a divisional application of 07/668,333, filed Mar. 14, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,149,941, issued Sep. 22, 1992; which is a continuation of 07/206,767, filed Jun. 15, 1988, now abandoned.
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5118747 |
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61-122667 |
Jun 1986 |
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Divisions (2)
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668333 |
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Continuations (1)
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