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8445090 Fixing belt  
Provided is a fixing belt which has high thermal conductivity capable of achieving an excellent fixing property that can respond to the recent increase in printing speed, which has a proper degree...
8437675 Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same having a laminated heater with a flexible heat generation sheet  
A fixing device includes a pressing member pressed against a fixing member to form a nip between the pressing member and the fixing member through which a recording medium bearing a toner image...
8437674 Heating member including resistive heating layer, and fusing apparatus and image forming apparatus including the heating member  
A heating member includes a resistive heating layer disposed on an outermost layer of the heating member, where the resistive heating layer includes a conductive filler distributed in a base...
8431217 Core-shell particles and fuser member made therefrom  
The present teachings describe a core-shell particle dispersed in a layer of a fuser member, thereby improving thermal conductivity of the fuser member. The core-shell particle includes a graphene...
8417163 Resin material, endless belt for image forming apparatus, roller for image forming apparatus, image fixing device, and image forming apparatus  
Described herein are resin materials used for a member for an image forming apparatus. These resin materials can include a polymer formed by polymerization of at least one acrylic resin having (i)...
8406668 Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same  
A fixing device is provided that suppresses loss in heat radiation from both ends in a longitudinal direction which is a direction corresponding to an axial direction of a fixing roller in a...
8401451 Heating fixing roller and process for producing the heating fixing roller  
Provided is a heating fixing roller which includes a tubular base member and a fluororesin layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of the base member directly or through an adhesive...
8401450 Pressing member and image heating member using the pressing member  
A pressing member for creating a nip in which the pressing member contacts a heating member and a recording material is heated while being nip-conveyed, includes an elastic layer and a high thermal...
8401449 Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of fixing marking materials onto media  
Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of fixing marking materials onto media are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus useful in printing includes a first roll including a first shaft and a first...
8391766 Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same  
A fixing device includes a first member. The first member extends along a first longitudinal axis, and has an external surface whose thickness varies along the first longitudinal axis to define at...
8391767 Fusing apparatus used to fuse toner image and image forming apparatus  
A fusing apparatus allows a recording member to pass through between a heat member and a pressure member, to transport and heat the recording member, and thereby fuses a toner image on the...
8385805 Fixing member, fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus  
A fixing member includes a tubular surface layer having a first band section including a resin composition that contains a heat resistant resin having releasability, and a second band section...
8380100 Fusing device  
Disclosed is a fusing device and more particularly, is a fusing device having an improved configuration to apply voltage to a press roller to achieve an enhanced image quality. The fusing device...
8374536 Cylindrical heating rotator for heating a developer, fixing device using said heating rotator and image forming device using said heating rotator  
A heating rotator that is used for heating a developer on a recording medium has a cylindrical body that is made of a metal and both end portions of the cylindrical body is rotatably supported. The...
8369764 Fixing member, fixing device, and image forming apparatus  
A fixing member is included on a fixing rotational body having a heat source built therein. The fixing rotational body is configured to fix unfixed toner onto a recording medium as the recording...
8367175 Coating compositions for fusers and methods of use thereof  
There is disclosed a fuser member comprising a substrate; and an outer layer thereover comprising (a) a polymer and (b) an organometallic species, wherein said polymer and said organometallic...
8369765 Rotational heating member, and image heating apparatus having rotational heating member  
An image heating rotatable member for heating an image on a recording material, includes a base layer, a heat generation layer, provided on the base layer, for generating heat by being supplied...
8355662 Heat generating sleeve, fixing device and image forming apparatus  
A heat generating sleeve (19) having a high ability to control an amount of heat generation of itself and sufficient strength comprises a heat controlling layer (30) consisting of annealed...
8351835 Tube and method for manufacturing the same  
There is provided a tube having fine irregularities formed on the outer peripheral face or inner peripheral face. The tube has a hollow tube body made of metal with uniform wall thickness of 20 to...
8351836 Heat generating roller, fixing device and image forming apparatus  
A heat generating roller which generates a heat when magnetic flux is applied from outside, which has high ability to control an amount of heat generation of itself and which has sufficient...
8349463 Fluoropolyimide intermediate transfer members  
An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a first optional polyimide substrate layer, and a second layer of a fluoropolyimide polymer.
8351837 Fixing member, manufacturing method thereof, and fixing apparatus  
The present invention relates to a fixing member that can apply sufficient power to press toner particles on a raised portion of a paper surface while also maintaining good conformability to a...
8346149 Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same  
A fixing device includes a first member and a second member. The first member extends along a first longitudinal axis, and has a first elastic layer whose thickness varies along the first...
8337986 Fuser member coating having aliphatic-aromatic fluoropolymers  
A fuser member including a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer with a fluorinated polymer having a flexible aliphatic segment and a rigid aromatic segment, wherein the aliphatic segment and...
8331824 Heating member having resistive heating layer and fusing device using the same  
Disclosed are a heating member having a resistive heating layer and a fusing device using the heating member. The heating member includes the resistive heating layer on an outer circumferential...
8325386 Printing using display list from vector data or display list obtained from location information  
The transfer of a duplicate electronic document between image forming devices is done with an electronic document that is formed of only resolution-independent vector data and the like, and a...
8311467 Image forming method  
An image forming method for fixing a toner image on a recording medium by passing the recording medium through a fixing nip defined between a first member and a second member under heat and...
8301068 Fixing member including through-holes formed through release layer, method for producing the same, and fixing device  
To provide a fixing member for fixing to a recording medium an unfixed image formed with a developer, the fixing member including: a base material; an elastic layer which is provided outside the...
8301067 Image heating apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes: a heating rotatable member for heating a toner image on a recording material in a heating nip; a pressing rotatable member for forming the heating nip in...
8290418 Heating member using carbon nanotube and fixing unit using the heating member  
A fixing unit includes a heating member which includes a core member, and a heating layer. The heating layer is disposed on an outer circumference of the core member. The heating layer includes an...
8288004 Fuser member coating having self-releasing fluoropolymer-fluorocarbon layer  
A self-releasing fuser member and image apparatus having the fuser member, and wherein the fuser member includes a substrate, and thereover an outer layer having a topcoat, wherein the outer layer...
8285184 Nanocomposites with fluoropolymers and fluorinated carbon nanotubes  
In accordance with the invention, there are printing apparatuses, fuser members, and methods of making fuser members. The printing apparatus can include a fuser member, the fuser member including a...
8285185 Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same  
To enhance the fixing quality of a fixing device to continuously fix sheets of a plurality of sizes, a carbon nanotube sheet 75, in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are arranged such that the...
8270889 Low adhesion coatings for image fixing  
Various embodiments provide low adhesion coatings that can be used for an image-side member in an image fixing system of an electrophotographic printer or an ink jet printer, wherein the low...
8263702 Fuser coating composition and method of manufacture  
The present teachings include a coating composition of an aqueous dispersion of fluorine-containing particles and poly(alkylene carbonate). A method of making a fuser member and the fuser member...
8260184 Hyper nanocomposites (HNC) for fuser materials  
Provided are fuser members and printing apparatuses including fuser members. The fuser member can include a substrate and a top coat layer including a hyper nanocomposite disposed over the...
8260183 Soft pressure roller composition for fusing system  
A soft pressure roller for use in a printer fusing system having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, wherein the roller is fabricated of LIM silicone elastomer having a softness of between...
8247066 Teflon fuser member containing fluorinated nano diamonds  
Exemplary embodiments provide a coating composition for an outermost layer of a fuser member that can include a plurality of fluorinated diamond-containing particles dispersed in a fluororesin matrix.
8231972 Fuser member coating having self-releasing fluorocarbon matrix outer layer  
A self-releasing fuser member and image apparatus having the fuser member, and wherein the fuser member includes a substrate, and thereover an outer layer polymer matrix having a surface, wherein...
8216661 Variable gloss fuser coating material comprised of a polymer matrix with the addition of alumina nano fibers  
Exemplary embodiments provide materials, methods, and systems for a fuser member used in electrophotographic devices and processes, wherein the fuser member can include a coating material...
8218991 Fixing device for image forming apparatus  
A fixing device according to an embodiment of the present invention heats a metal conductive layer of a heat roller using an induction current generating coil. In order to supplement a heat...
8213827 Fixing device, image forming apparatus incorporating same, and fixing method  
In a fixing device, a metal member is provided inside a fixing belt to heat the fixing belt. A first lubricant is applied between the metal member and the fixing belt at a center portion of the...
8208844 Roller for fixing and image fixing apparatus using roller for fixing  
A fixing roller of an image fixing apparatus has an elastic layer on a core metal and has a thermal conductive fluororubber latex layer containing a mixture of fluororubber, fluororesin and thermal...
8195075 Fixing unit having a resin surface and image forming apparatus using the same  
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording medium. In at least one embodiment, the fixing unit includes a fixing member configured to heat and melt a...
8192817 VITON fuser member containing fluorinated nano diamonds  
Exemplary embodiments provide a coating composition for an outermost layer of a fuser member that can include a plurality of fluorinated diamond-containing particles dispersed in an elastomeric...
8178209 Fuser member having fluorinated polyimide outer layer  
A fuser member including a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer comprising a crosslinked fluorinated polyimide and a curing agent is described. The fluorinated polyimide comprises: wherein Ar1...
8168287 Fuser member  
The present teachings provide a fuser member. The fuser member includes a substrate, a functional layer disposed on the substrate, and an outer layer disposed on the functional layer. The outer...
8165485 Fixing apparatus having heating element and image forming apparatus having the fixing element  
A fixing apparatus includes a heating element with an NTC characteristic in which an electric resistance value decreases as a temperature increases, which extends (i) in a direction parallel to a...
8150306 Fixing device for image forming apparatus  
A fixing device according to an embodiment of the invention is provided with a center coil and a side coil to induction heat a metal roller which supports a belt. An auxiliary pressurizing member...
8145111 Fusing device and image forming apparatus having the same  
A fusing device is provided for use in an image forming apparatus to fuse a toner image having a polarity on a printable medium. Such a fusing device comprises: a heating roller which comprises a...