MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PEELING MEMBER

• US 20170357195A1
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NTN Corporation
• Inventors: HIROSE, Kazuo, YANAGAWA, Hiroshi, YAMAZOE, Yuuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,036,984 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 26/22 Spot welding
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 183/04 Polysiloxanes
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/2028 with means for handling the copy material in the fixing nip, e.g. introduction guides, stripping means
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/2016 Heating belt

Abstract

To provide a manufacturing method for a peeling member in which a non-adhesive resin film formed by fluororesin resin or the like is adhered to a metal plate, the method capable of manufacturing the peeling member which can prevent adhesion of a paper right after fixing for a long period of time with high productivity and without variations in quality. The manufacturing method for the peeling member provided with a peeling sheet 1a formed by a metal plate 2 and a non-adhesive resin film 4 adhered to the metal plate 2, the manufacturing method including a groove forming step of forming a pattern portion 5 formed by a plurality of recessed grooves on at least apart of a paper passing side surface of the non-adhesive resin film 4 along a longitudinal direction of the non-adhesive resin film 4 before the non-adhesive resin film 4 is adhered to the metal plate 2, and a film adhering step of adhering the non-adhesive resin film 4 obtained in the groove forming step such that the pattern portion 5 is arranged along at least a longitudinal direction of the distal end portion 2a of the paper passing side surface of the metal plate 2.

Claims

1. A manufacturing method for a peeling member provided with a peeling sheet formed by a metal plate and a non-adhesive resin film adhered to the metal plate, the peeling member configured to peel a paper from a fixing member of an electronic photographic device by making a distal end portion, which is an end portion at a side of one of long sides of the peeling sheet, contact with or close to the fixing member, the manufacturing method for the peeling member comprising:

a groove forming step of forming a plurality of recessed grooves on at least a part of a paper passing side surface of the non-adhesive resin film along a longitudinal direction of the non-adhesive resin film before the non-adhesive resin film is adhered to the metal plate; and

a film adhering step of adhering the non-adhesive resin film obtained in the groove forming step such that the recessed grooves are arranged along at least a longitudinal direction of the distal end portion of the passing side surface of the metal plate.

2. The manufacturing method for the peeling member according to claim 1, wherein the groove forming step is a step of interposing and continuously pressing the non-adhesive resin film by a rubber roller and a rotation member, which can transfer the recessed groove, to form the recessed grooves.

3. The manufacturing method for the peeling member according to claim 2, wherein an outer circumference surface of the rotation member is formed in a helical gear shape, and the recessed grooves are formed by linear grooves transferred from the helical gear shape to be inclined along a certain direction against a paper passing direction and arranged at certain intervals.

4. The manufacturing method for the peeling member according to claim 1, further comprising a step of cutting the non-adhesive resin film having a shape in which the recessed grooves are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the distal end portion from a continuous film material in which the recessed grooves are formed after the groove forming step and before the film adhering step.

5. The manufacturing method for the peeling member according to claim 1, wherein the non-adhesive resin film has an adhesive layer on an opposite paper passing side surface, and

the film adhering step is a step of adhering the non-adhesive resin film, after arranging a distal end portion of the metal plate at a side of the adhesive layer of the non-adhesive resin film such that an end portion of the non-adhesive resin film is protruded from the distal end portion of the metal plate, by pushing the distal end portion of the metal plate together with the non-adhesive resin film into a gap between two flexible bodies adjacent to each other to cover both surfaces of the distal end portion of the metal plate.