Patent ID: 9037062
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing member to be used in an electrophotographic apparatus, comprising: a substrate, an elastic layer, an intermediate layer, and a surface layer comprising a fluororesin, in this order, wherein: the elastic layer comprises a silicone rubber and sodium ions; the intermediate layer comprises an amino group-containing polysiloxane; and wherein: the surface layer is formed by: forming, on a surface of the intermediate layer opposite to a surface facing the elastic layer, a primer layer comprising a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether to which a phosphate group is bound, forming, on the primer layer, a coating layer comprising a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether or a coating layer comprising a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene, and melting the copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether in the primer layer and the copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether or the copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene in the coating layer.