US Patent Application 18299241. ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER AND HEAT FIXING DEVICE simplified abstract
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ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER AND HEAT FIXING DEVICE
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Inventor(s)
YASUHIRO Miyahara of Tokyo (JP)
MATSUTAKA Maeda of Kanagawa (JP)
YUTARO Yoshida of Kanagawa (JP)
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER AND HEAT FIXING DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18299241 Titled 'ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER AND HEAT FIXING DEVICE'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes an electrophotographic member, which is a component used in printing technology. The member has an endless shape and consists of a substrate and an elastic layer on its outer surface. The elastic layer is made of silicone rubber and contains metal silicon fillers dispersed within it. The average area ratio of these fillers in two different types of images is 42% or less. The elastic layer also has a thermal conductivity (λ) of 1.30 W/(m·K) or higher and a volume resistivity (pV) of 9.0 LOGΩ·cm or higher.
Original Abstract Submitted
An electrophotographic member having an endless shape comprises: a substrate; and an elastic layer on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The elastic layer contains a silicone rubber and metal silicon fillers dispersed in the silicone rubber. An average of area ratios of the metal silicon fillers in respective first binarized images is 42% or less, and an average of area ratios of the metal silicon fillers in respective second binarized images is 42% or less. The elastic layer has λ of 1.30 W/(m·K) or more, where λ is a thermal conductivity of the elastic layer in a thickness direction thereof, and the elastic layer has pV of 9.0 LOGΩ·cm or more, where pV is a common logarithm value of a volume resistivity thereof.
