IP Library Granted Patent US 7,593,681
Granted Patent B2
US 7,593,681 · App. 11/802,393 · Granted Sep 22, 2009

Laminated body, endless belt, fixing device, and image forming device

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Patent No.
US 7,593,681
App. No.
11/802,393
Granted
Sep 22, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (23)

1. A laminated body comprising a heat generating layer having crystal grains of a first non-magnetic metal, and a base layer having a second non-magnetic metal that is different from the first non-magnetic metal, wherein the crystal grains are arranged in a surface direction of the heat generating layer.

2. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the heat generating layer is about 5 to about 20 μm.

3. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the heat generating layer is about 7 to about 15 μm.

4. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the heat generating layer is about 8 to about 12 μm.

5. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein an intrinsic resistivity value of the heat generating layer is about 2.7×10 −6 Ωm or less.

6. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein an intrinsic resistivity value of the heat generating layer is about 1.0×10 −6 Ωm to about 2.5×10 −6 Ωm.

7. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein an intrinsic resistivity value of the heat generating layer is about 1.2×10 −6 Ωm to about 2.2×10 −6 Ωm.

8. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-magnetic metal is at least one selected from gold, silver, copper, aluminum, or an alloy containing at least one selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper and aluminum.

9. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein an intrinsic resistivity value of the base layer is more than about 2.7×10 −6 Ωm.

10. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein the second non-magnetic metal is at least one selected from stainless steel, and an alloy containing stainless steel.

11. The laminated body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat generating layer and the base layer are formed by being subjected to plastic deformation.

12. The laminated body according to claim 1 , comprising at least one layer selected from an elastic layer and a resin layer, on the surface of the heat generating layer that is opposite to the surface provided with the base layer.

13. An endless belt, comprising the laminated body according to claim 1 being formed in an endless shape.

14. A fixing device comprising:

the endless belt according to claim 13 ;

a pressure member that presses an outer peripheral face of the endless belt; and

a heat generating member that generates heat in the heat generating layer of the endless belt by means of electromagnetic induction.

15. The fixing device according to claim 14 , wherein the heat generating member is provided on the outer peripheral face side of the endless belt.

16. An image forming device comprising: an image carrier, a charging unit that charges a surface of the image carrier, a latent image forming unit that forms a latent image on the surface of the image carrier, a developing unit that develops the formed latent image as a toner image, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a recording medium, and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image onto the recording medium, and the fixing device according to claim 14 is used as the fixing unit.

17. A laminated body comprising a heat generating layer having crystal grains of a first non-magnetic metal, and a base layer having a second non-magnetic metal that is different from the first non-magnetic metal, wherein an intrinsic resistivity value of the base layer is about 5.0×10 −6 Ωm to about 5.0×10 −6 Ωm.

18. A laminated body comprising a heat generating layer having crystal grains of a first non-magnetic metal, and a base layer having a second non-magnetic metal that is different from the first non-magnetic metal, wherein an intrinsic resistivity value of the base layer is about 7.0× 10−6 Ωm to about 3.0×10 −5 Ωm.

19. A laminated body comprising a heat generating layer having crystal grains of a first non-magnetic metal, and a base layer having a second non-magnetic metal that is different from the first non-magnetic metal, a protective layer formed on the surface of the heat generating layer that is opposite to the surface provided with the base layer, and containing a third non-magnetic metal that is different from the first non-magnetic metal.

20. The laminated body according to claim 19 , wherein the protective layer is formed by being subjected to plastic deformation.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2007
From: TAMEMASA, HIROSHI; BABA, MOTOFUMI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019369/0204 →