Patent ID: 6587662
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image fixing apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, comprising:a rotating member for rotating in contact with the recording material, said rotating member having an elastic layer and a surface resin layer; and a separating claw for separating the recording material from said rotating member, wherein a contact pressure of the separating claw to the rotating member is equal to or greater than 0.058 N and equal to or less than 0.392 N, and wherein a micro hardness A of a surface of said rotating member and a radius R of curvature at the tip of said separating claw satisfy a relation: A&gE;âˆ’3250.0R2+90.5R+82.5 and 0.02&lE;R&lE;0.05.