A combined mounting and blanking spigot for providing fixing between a rectangular cross-section tubular rail and a post, comprising a solid member having a height and width slightly less than that of the interior dimensions of the rail and a length sufficient to blank a gap between the rail and post. One end surface is planar for attachment to the post and one side surface is planar, the other end and other side surfaces being formed to be arcuate or cut away at their adjacent corner. An apertu...

A fixing 4 for a vehicle roof comprises a foot portion 2 having a projecting boss 18, which boss 18 is adapted to project through an opening in a vehicle roof, the fixing 4 also comprising engagement means adapted to be received in an opening 28 in the boss 18, and fastening means 6 also adapted to be received in the opening 28 in the boss 18 to thereby secure the engagement means 7 in position and thereby prevent removal of the boss 18 from said opening in the vehicle roof.

A fixing device has a pair of rollers which are pressed against to each other to form a nip therebetween. A recording medium which carries a non-fixed image is clamped and conveyed by the nip to perform fixing. At least one of the pair of rollers has a mixture layer prepared by mixing a perfluoroelastomer having rubber elasticity and a fluorine resin.

The present invention is related to a fixing device for fusing and fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording sheet. In the fixing device, a heating member such as rollers and endless belts and the like, is heated to a fixing temperature. An endless belt is provided opposite the heating member and is pressed against the heating member by a pressure member provided inside the endless belt. The heating member is driven in rotation in a transport direction of the recording sheet and the endless b...

A fixing device capable of producing fixed images of excellent quality by using a thin-layer rotating heating member and a heating element capable of rapidly and directly heating a rotating heating member to shorten the warm-up time of the rotating heating member, and capable of suppressing fluctuation of the rotating heating member temperature when a recording member is inserted between the rotating heating member and a rotating pressure member after the rotating heating member has been warmed ...

Method and apparatus for affixing electroscopic toner images onto a support in which a quantity of particulate material is heated to a temperature sufficient to produce at least a partial melting of the particular toner material to be fused and the toner material on the support is then contacted with the heated particulate material to induce a transfer of the thermal energy in the particulate material to the toner material on the support.

A fixing device includes a first heater provided at a central part of a roller body in a longitudinal direction thereof and a second heater provided at the end of the roller body in the longitudinal direction thereof. A single thermostat is provided at a position where the difference between the first temperature when only the first heater lights and the second temperature when only the second heater lights is set within a predetermined range.

A fixing method for fixing an unfixed toner image formed on a recording material by transporting the recording material to a contact portion between a fixing roller and a pressurizing mechanism for pressurizing the surface of the fixing roller is arranged such that the fixing roller surface temperature and the pressurizing mechanism surface temperature at the contact portion while the recording material is being transported therethrough are controlled to fall within a non-offset region in which ...

A fixing device includes a pair of fixing rollers to heat toner images and to fix the toner images on a recording medium in which at least one roller coming into contact with toner is provided thereon with fluorine containing resins and a device for coating fluorine containing silicone oil on the surface of the fluorine containing resins at a coating amount of not more than 1.4.times.10.sup.-6 cc/cm.sup.2.

The present invention provides a fixing roller which has a metal layer, the metal layer having a thickness not less than 0.1 mm and not more than 2 mm, a tensile strength of 490 MPa or greater, and a yield point of 294 MPa or greater, and a fixing apparatus which has a fixing roller having a metal layer, and a back-up member forming a nip with the fixing roller, wherein a recording material bearing an unfixed image is nipped and conveyed by the nip, and the unfixed image is fixed on the recordin...