Patent ID: 6157805
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus for fixing toner images on a transfer material upon which toner images have been placed by applying heat to the transfer material, the fixing apparatus comprising:(a) a roll-shaped rotary member for applying heat to the transfer material upon which toner images have been placed, said roll-shaped rotary member including(1) a cylindrical ray-transmitting base member,(2) a ray absorbing layer for generating heat onto the transfer material upon which toner images have been placed so as to fix the toner on the transfer material, the ray absorbing layer, provided on an outer side of the ray-transmitting base member;(b) a ray irradiating device for irradiating ray to said ray absorbing layer, the ray irradiating device provided inside the cylindrical ray-transmitting base member; and(c) flange members provided on both ends of the ray-transmitting base member, and each of the flange members being joined with the ray-transmitting base member through a joining elastic layer, wherein the ray absorbing layer is provided on the outer side of the ray-transmitting base member so that the outer side of the flange member over a joining portion of the flange member with the ray-transmitting base member is covered.