摘要:
Provided are a development device in which it is possible to reduce the occurrence of fogging in a low temperature environment, and an electrophotographic image formation device with which it is possible to stably form an image over a long period of time. The development device has a toner (1), a development roller (2), and a toner restriction member. The toner (1) satisfies the following conditions: 40≤Z(25)≤80 and 10≤Z(10)≤55 (wherein Z(Y) represents the percentile of (X 3(Y) -X 4(Y) ) relative to X 3(Y) at Y°C, X 3(Y) represents the displacement amount obtained after displacement amount (X 2(Y) ) is left to stand for 0.1 seconds, X 2(Y) represents the displacement amount when a 2.94×10 -4 N load is applied at 9.8×10 -5 N/sec, and X 4(Y) represents the displacement amount at 0N when the load is reduced by 9.8×10 -5 N/sec); 0.49×10 -3 ≤R(25)≤1.70×10 -3 (wherein R(25) represents the tilt from the starting point to the maximum load in the load displacement curve of the toner at 25°C); and 15°C≤(P1-TgA)≤70°C (wherein TgA represents a glass transition temperature between 40 and 60°C, and P1 represents the maximum heat absorption peak temperature between 70 and 110°C). The development roller (2) has a surface layer containing a urethane resin, wherein the urethane resin has at least one of the structures selected from among (a), and (b) and (c).
摘要:
To provide a developing roller having improved toner conveying force in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment. The developing roller has a substrate and an electro-conductive layer on the substrate. The outer surface of the developing roller has an electrical insulating first region and an electro-conductive second region adjacent to the first region and at the same time has at least one groove in the first region.
摘要:
A developing roller used for formation of an electrophotographic image with high quality is provided in which even in storage and use under a high temperature and high humidity environment, peel-off of a surface layer from an elastic layer is suppressed, and a toner hardly adheres to the surface of the developing roller. The developing roller is a developing roller including a mandrel, an elastic layer provided on the mandrel and containing a cured material of an addition curable-type dimethyl silicone rubber, and a surface layer containing a urethane resin that covers the circumferential surface of the elastic layer, wherein the urethane resin has a structure represented by the following formula (1), and one or both structures selected from a structure represented by the following formula (2) and a structure represented by the following formula (3) between two adjacent urethane linkages.
摘要:
There is provided a process for producing a regenerated elastic roller which can be again used for the formation of high-quality electrophotographic images by sufficiently relaxing a compression set of the elastic roller having the compression set caused in an elastic layer in usage. The process for producing a regenerated elastic roller includes a step of heating an elastic roller having a conductive mandrel and an elastic layer and having a compression set caused in the elastic layer, in a cylindrical mold to thermally expand the elastic layer and to cause a surface of the elastic roller to contact an inner wall of the cylindrical mold.
摘要:
To provide an electrophotographic developing member which can both be kept from the sticking of a developer and be kept from being deformed by its contacting members, and can form stable images over a long period of time. An electrophotographic developing member characterized in that its surface layer satisfies the following expressions (1) to (3) where the average crosslinking density in each region of up to 100 nm in depth, from 100 nm to 200 nm in depth and from 200 nm to 300 nm in depth from the surface of the surface layer is represented by C1, C2 and C3 (mol/cm 3 ), respectively: C 3 C 2 C 1 ; C 3 × 1.3 ≤ C 1 ≤ C 3 × 5.0 ; and 2.0 × 10 - 4 ≤ C 3 ≤ 7.0 × 10 - 4 .
摘要:
Provided is a developing member capable of suppressing a variation in resistance even when exposed to a high-temperature, high-humidity environment for a long time period. The developing member comprises: a mandrel; an electro-conductive elastic layer provided on a periphery of the mandrel; and a surface layer provided on a surface of the elastic layer, wherein: the elastic layer contains a dimethyl silicone rubber and carbon black; and an amount α of a hydrogen atom bound to a silicon atom of the dimethyl silicone rubber, and an amount β of a hydrogen atom of methyl groups bound to a silicon atom of the dimethyl silicone rubber, satisfy a relationship of 2.5×10 -5 ≤α/β≤1.0×10 -4
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a production process of a roller for an electrophotography, having a surface layer the electric resistance of which has been controlled by corona discharge treatment while keeping any pinholes from coming about on the surface. A production process of a roller for an electrophotography, said roller comprising a conductive mandrel and a conductive surface layer comprising a resin and carbon black dispersed in the resin, the process having the following steps (1) to (3): (1) forming a resin layer comprising a resin and carbon black dispersed therein on the circumference of the conductive mandel; (2) attaching silica particles on the surface of the resin layer; and (3) subjecting corona discharge treatment to the surface of the resin layer on which the silica particles are attached.