Patent ID: 9235174
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B29C,B32B,G03G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A fixing member manufacturing method comprising: a first step of fitting a resin tube around an elastic material; and a second step of squeezing an excessive adhesive from between the elastic material and the resin tube, wherein said second step comprises: a step of fitting, around the resin tube in a longitudinal end side, a ring member having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the resin tube fitted around the elastic material; a step of elastically contracting the ring member by air pressure; and a step of moving the ring member from the longitudinal end side toward another longitudinal end side of the resin tube while bringing an inner peripheral surface of the ring member, which is contracted by the air pressure, into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the resin tube.