摘要:
Provided is an electrophotographic photoconductor including: a conductive support; an undercoat layer; and a photoconductive layer, wherein the undercoat layer and the photoconductive layer are provided over the conductive support in the order of reciting, wherein the undercoat layer contains at least metal oxide particles, a binder, and a salicylic acid derivative such as 4-methylsalicylic acid, wherein the metal oxide particles have a volume resistivity of 1×105 Ω·cm or higher but 1×108 Ω·cm or lower, wherein the undercoat layer has a volume resistivity of 0.001×106 Ω·cm or higher but 0.02×106 Ω·cm or lower, and wherein the undercoat layer has a thickness of 2 micrometers or greater but 20 micrometers or less.
摘要:
An image bearing member including an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer overlying the electroconductive substrate, and a protection layer overlying the photosensitive layer, the photosensitive layer containing a diamine compound represented by the chemical structure 1, more of the diamine compound being disposed on the photosensitive layer side than the surface side relative to the midpoint in a depth direction of the protection layer: where X represents a substituted or non-substituted arylene group, or a compound represented by a chemical structure 2: where R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, where A1, A2, A3, and A4 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a substituted or non-substituted aryl group, or —CH2(CH2)mZ, where Z represents a substituted or non-substituted aryl group, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group, and a substituted or non-substituted heterocycloalkyl group, and m represents 0 or 1, and where B1 and B2 represent —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH2—Ara—, —Ara—CH2—, —CH2CH2—Ara—, and —Ara—CH2CH2—, and Ara represents a substituted or non-substituted arylene group.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing an image bearing member including forming a charge generation layer overlying an electroconductive substrate, forming a charge transport layer overlying the charge generation layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transport material having a molecular weight of from 600 to 900 and a binder resin, and forming a protection layer overlying the charge transport layer by applying a liquid application containing a polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, a polymerizable compound having no charge transport structure, a filler, a polycarboxylic acid compound, and cyclopentanone and curing the polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, and the polymerizable compound having no charge transport structure.
摘要:
An image bearing drum having a hollow cylinder sleeve member; a photosensitive layer; a protective layer having fillers; and flange members, each of which has an attachment unit, a shaft hole unit, and a linking unit, wherein the surface of the protective layer having waviness has an arithmetical mean deviation of an assessed profile Wa (μm) of from 0.050 μm to 0.400 μm and a mean width of profile elements WSm (mm) of from 0.500 mm to 1.500 mm, and wherein the linking unit has at least one shock-absorbing hole located on a virtual line segment drawn to the shaft hole unit from the circumference of a virtually projected circle formed by projecting the outer periphery of the attachment unit axially along the shaft onto a virtual plane that contains the linking unit and is orthogonal to the shaft direction.
摘要:
There is provided a temperature control unit for an electrophotographic photoconductor substrate, containing a stretchable membrane member which is detachably disposed in a hollow space of the cylindrical substrate, wherein the membrane member is configured to sequentially stretch until reaching the deepest part of the hollow space of the cylindrical substrate as a result of an introduction of a refrigerant therein to closely contact with an entire inner wall of the cylindrical substrate, and to sequentially shrink to the original shape thereof as a result of a release of the refrigerant therefrom, so that the membrane member is detachably disposed in the hollow space, and wherein the membrane member is configured to make a heat transfer between a surface of the cylindrical substrate and the refrigerant via the membrane member closely contacted with the inner surface of the cylindrical substrate, to control a surface temperature of the cylindrical substrate.
摘要:
A photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer, which is located overlying the electroconductive substrate and which includes a charge generation material, a charge transport material having no radical polymerizability, a binder resin having no radical polymerizability, and a crosslinked polymer including a unit obtained from a first radically polymerizable monomer having three or more functional groups and no charge transport structure and a unit obtained from a second radically polymerizable monomer having a charge transport structure; and an outermost layer, which is located on the photosensitive layer and which includes a crosslinked polymer including a unit obtained from a third radically polymerizable monomer having three or more functional groups and no charge transport structure and a unit obtained from a fourth radically polymerizable monomer having a charge transport structure. An image forming method and apparatus, and a process cartridge using the photoreceptor.
摘要:
There is provided a temperature control unit for an electrophotographic photoconductor substrate, containing a stretchable membrane member which is detachably disposed in a hollow space of the cylindrical substrate, wherein the membrane member is configured to sequentially stretch until reaching the deepest part of the hollow space of the cylindrical substrate as a result of an introduction of a refrigerant therein to closely contact with an entire inner wall of the cylindrical substrate, and to sequentially shrink to the original shape thereof as a result of a release of the refrigerant therefrom, so that the membrane member is detachably disposed in the hollow space, and wherein the membrane member is configured to make a heat transfer between a surface of the cylindrical substrate and the refrigerant via the membrane member closely contacted with the inner surface of the cylindrical substrate, to control a surface temperature of the cylindrical substrate.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member having an electroconductive substrate on which are provided at least a photosensitive layer and a protection layer, in that sequence, a charging device that charges the surface of the image bearing member to form a latent electrostatic image thereon, a development device that develops the latent electrostatic image with a development agent containing toner to obtain a developed toner image, a cleaning device that removes toner remaining on the surface of the image bearing member and a lubricant material applicator that applies a lubricant material to the surface of the image bearing member, the protection layer containing a cured resin and a filler and the surface form of the protection layer having an arithmetical mean waviness Wa of from 0.05 to 0.3 μm and an average length WSm of profile elements of from 0.5 to 1.5 mm, which are obtained from a waviness profile obtained by filtering a coarse component with a λc profile filter of 0.25 mm and filtering a wavelength component longer than a waviness with a λf profile filter of 2.5 mm.
摘要:
A toner is provided. The toner comprises toner base particles, resin particles adhered to surfaces of the toner base particles, and an external additive adhered to the surfaces of the toner base particles. The toner base particles each comprising a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax. The toner has a storage elastic modulus G′ of 4.0×105 or less at 70° C. An embedment degree of the external additive is from 15% to 40%, as the embedment degree is measured by stirring 10 g of the toner and 20 g of a carrier in a 50-mL vial at 67 Hz for 60 minutes using a rocking mill.
摘要:
A pinch roller apparatus fully satisfying tape running stability and bearing durability is disclosed. A roller shaft is arranged inclined such that its tip end is closer to a capstan. A plain bearing is formed of resin having a Young's modulus of 10 kgf/mm.sup.2 to 1500 kgf/mm.sup.2. Self alignment of the pinch roller is realized by elastic deformation of the plain bearing.