Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and image forming method
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Application No.: US16932191Application Date: 2020-07-17
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Publication No.: US11320760B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Masahito Ishino , Keiya Nishimura , Yoshitaka Imanaka , Toshiki Fujita
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2019-136260 20190724
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G5/05 ; G03G5/06 ; G03G5/147

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member and a charging roller that charges a circumferential surface of the image bearing member to a positive polarity. The image bearing member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer of a single layer, and satisfies formula (1) shown below. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. 0.60 ≦ V ( Q / S ) × ( d / ɛ r · ɛ 0 ) ( 1 ) In formula (1), Q represents a charge amount [C] of the circumferential surface of the image bearing member, S represents a charge area [m2] of the charged circumferential surface of the image bearing member, d represents a film thickness [m] of the photosensitive layer, co represents vacuum permittivity [F/m], and V represents a value calculated in accordance with formula V=V0−Vr.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210026269A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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