Abstract:
A carbon nanotube includes carbon nanotubes, and an entanglement member which is combined with the carbon nanotubes and has a three-dimensional shape.
Abstract:
A fusing apparatus including a heating unit including a heater having a substantially flat shape; a nip forming unit which faces the heating unit and forms a fusing nip with the heating unit; and a driving unit which moves the heating unit to alternately repeat a forward motion whereby the heating unit moves forward in a moving direction of the recording medium, when the fusing nip is formed, and a returning motion whereby the heating unit moves backward in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the recording medium, when the fusing nip is released.
Abstract:
A heating member for a fusing apparatus includes a resistive heating layer including a base polymer and an electroconductive filler dispersed in the base polymer, where the resistive heating layer generates heat by receiving electric energy, and where a storage modulus of the resistive heating layer is about 1.0 megapascal or greater.
Abstract:
A heating member includes: a resistive heating layer which generates heat when supplied with electrical energy; a release layer as an outermost layer of the heating member and including a polymer; an intermediate layer disposed between the resistive heating layer and the release layer. The resistive heating layer includes a base polymer, and an electroconductive filler dispersed in the base polymer. The intermediate layer includes a polymer material being a same type as the base polymer of the resistive heating layer or the polymer of the release layer.