公开(公告)号：US06632578B2

公开(公告)日：2003-10-14

申请号：US10255684

申请日：2002-09-27

申请人： Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Shinji Tsuchida

发明人： Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Shinji Tsuchida

IPC分类号： G03G500

CPC分类号： G03G5/08228 ,  G03G5/08221 ,  G03G5/08278

摘要： A process for producing an electrophotographic light-receiving member having a conductive support and a light-receiving member having a photoconductive layer formed on the surface of the conductive support and composed of a non-single crystal material containing silicon atoms as a main component, hydrogen atoms and/or halogen atoms. The photoconductive layer is formed at a flow rate (X) sccm of n Si supply gas and a discharge space volume (Z) cm3 satisfying (A) and a flow rate (X) sccm of the Si supply gas and density (Y) W/cm3 of the electric power input to the discharge space satisfying the following relation (B) wherein 3×10−3≦X/Z≦1×10−2  (A) and 3×10−4≦Y/X≦7×10−4  (B).

摘要翻译： 一种制造具有导电性支持体的电子成像受光部件和具有导电性层的光接收部件的光电接收部件，其形成在导电性支持体的表面，由以硅原子为主要成分的非单晶材料构成， 原子和/或卤素原子。 光电导层以满足（A）的n Si供给气体的流量（X）sccm和满足（A）的排出空间体积（Z）cm 2和流量（X）形成， Si的供给气体的sccm，输入到放电空间的电力的密度（Y）W / cm <3 ，其满足以下关系式（B），其中

公开(公告)号：US06379852B2

公开(公告)日：2002-04-30

申请号：US08927414

申请日：1997-09-10

申请人： Shinji Tsuchida ,  Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima

发明人： Shinji Tsuchida ,  Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima

IPC分类号： G03G508

CPC分类号： G03G5/082 ,  G03G5/08221 ,  G03G5/08228 ,  G03G5/08235 ,  G03G5/08242 ,  G03G5/0825 ,  G03G5/08257

摘要： An electrophotographic light-receiving member comprising a conductive support and provided thereon a photoconductive layer formed of a non-single-crystal material mainly composed of silicon atom and containing hydrogen atom and an element belonging to Group IIIb of the periodic table; wherein the photoconductive layer has hydrogen atom content, an optical band gap and a characteristic energy obtained from the exponential tail of light absorption spectra, all in specific ranges, and has on the surface side thereof a second layer region that absorbs a prescribed amount of light incident on the photoconductive layer and on the support side thereof the other first layer region; the element belonging to Group IIIb of the periodic table being contained in the second layer region in an amount made smaller than that in the first layer region. This can provide an electrophotographic light-receiving member that has achieved all the improvement in chargeability, the improvement in temperature characteristics thereof and the decrease in photomemory, and has been dramatically improved in image quality, and can provide an electrophotographic light-receiving member improved in temperature characteristics of sensitivity and linearity of sensitivity especially in the case where semiconductor lasers or LEDs are used.

摘要翻译： 一种电子摄影光接收元件，包括导电支撑并在其上提供由主要由硅原子组成并含有氢原子的非单晶材料和属于周期表第IIIb族元素的光电导层; 其中光电导层具有氢原子含量，光学带隙和从光吸收光谱的指数尾部获得的特征能量，均在特定范围内，并且在其表面侧具有吸收规定量的光的第二层区域 入射在光电导层上并在其支撑侧上的另一个第一层区域; 属于周期表的IIIb族的元素以比第一层区域小的量包含在第二层区域中。 这可以提供一种已经实现了充电性，其温度特性的改善和光存储器的减少的全部改进的电子成象受光部件，并且显着提高了图像质量，并且可以提供一种改进的电子成象受光部件 特别是在使用半导体激光器或LED的情况下，灵敏度和灵敏度的线性度的温度特性。

公开(公告)号：US06294299B2

公开(公告)日：2001-09-25

申请号：US09137081

申请日：1998-08-20

申请人： Shinji Tsuchida ,  Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Daisuke Tazawa

发明人： Shinji Tsuchida ,  Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Daisuke Tazawa

IPC分类号： G03G1502

CPC分类号： G03G5/08235 ,  G03G5/08242

摘要： An electrophotographic light-receiving member has a conductive support and a photoconductive layer composed of a non-monocrystalline material comprising silicon atoms as a matrix, hydrogen and/or halogen atoms, and an element belonging to Group IIIb of the periodic table. The photoconductive layer has from the surface side toward the conductive support side, a third layer region that absorbs 50-90% of incident image exposure light and a second layer region that absorbs 60-90% of pre-exposure light incident on the photoconductive layer. The Group IIIb element is present such that its content decreases from the conductive support side to the surface side. In three embodiments the photoconductive layer has, respectively: 10-30 at. % H; 10-20 at. % H and 25-40 at % H; an optical band gap of 1.75-1.85 eV, 1.65-1.75 eV and 1.80-1.90 eV and a characteristic energy of each of 50-55 meV.

摘要翻译： 电子照相受光部件具有导电性支持体和由包含硅原子作为基体的非单晶材料，氢和/或卤素原子以及属于元素周期表IIIb族的元素构成的光电导层。 光电导层从表面侧朝向导电支撑侧，吸收50-90％的入射图像曝光光的第三层区域和吸收入射在光电导层上的60-90％的预曝光光的第二层区域 。 IIIb族元素的存在使得其含量从导电性支持侧减少到表面侧。 在三个实施例中，光电导层分别具有：10-30英寸 ％ H; 10-20在 ％H和25-40at％H; 1.75〜85 eV，1.65〜1.75 eV，1.80〜1.90 eV的光学带隙，50〜55 meV的特征能量。

公开(公告)号：US5939230A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-17

申请号：US862351

申请日：1997-05-23

申请人： Satoshi Kojima ,  Hiroaki Niino ,  Shinji Tsuchida

发明人： Satoshi Kojima ,  Hiroaki Niino ,  Shinji Tsuchida

IPC分类号： G03G5/08 ,  G03G5/082 ,  H01L31/20 ,  G03G5/085

CPC分类号： H01L31/202 ,  G03G5/08221 ,  G03G5/08228 ,  G03G5/08235 ,  G03G5/08242 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A light receiving member comprising a photoconductive layer disposed on an electrically conductive surface of a substrate, said photoconductive layer being constituted by a non-single crystal material containing silicon atoms as a matrix and at least one kind of atoms selected from hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms, wherein said photoconductive layer contains a plurality of layer regions which are different from each other with respect to characteristic energy at an exponential tail obtained from a light absorption spectrum, hydrogen content and optical band gap. The light receiving member exhibits excellent potential characteristics and image-forming performance for visible laser.

摘要翻译： 一种光接收元件，包括设置在基板的导电表面上的光电导层，所述光电导层由含有硅原子作为基体的非单晶材料和选自氢原子和卤素原子的至少一种原子构成 其中所述光电导层包含相对于从光吸收光谱，氢含量和光学带隙获得的指数尾部处的特征能量彼此不同的多个层区域。 光接收元件对可见激光器具有优异的电位特性和成像性能。

公开(公告)号：US5945241A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-31

申请号：US919347

申请日：1997-08-28

申请人： Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Shinji Tsuchida

发明人： Hiroaki Niino ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Shinji Tsuchida

IPC分类号： G03G5/08 ,  G03G5/082 ,  G03G5/147 ,  G03G5/043

CPC分类号： G03G5/08214 ,  G03G5/08221 ,  G03G5/14704

摘要： For providing a light receiving member for electrophotography improved in chargeability, temperature characteristic of sensitivity, and optical memory characteristic and presenting excellent quality of image, the light receiving member for electrophotography comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive layer of a non-monocrystal material containing hydrogen atoms in the matrix of silicon atoms, wherein the photoconductive layer has regions formed under such conditions as to obtain a first layer region and a second layer region both having characteristic energy (Eu) of not more than 55 meV obtained from a linear portion (an exponential tail) of a function expressed by Equation (I) defined below with photon energy (h.nu.) as an independent variable and absorption coefficient (.alpha.) of photoabsorption spectrum as a dependent variable:ln.alpha.=(1/Eu).multidot.h.nu.+.alpha..sub.1 (I)and having mutually different contents of hydrogen atoms and optical band gaps in respectively specific ranges, and wherein the ratio of the thickness of the second layer region to the thickness of the photoconductive layer is in a fixed range.

摘要翻译： 为了提供用于电荷照相的光接收元件，提高了充电性，灵敏度的温度特性和光学记忆特性，并呈现出优异的图像质量，用于电子照相的光接收元件包括导电基底和非单晶材料的光电导层， 硅原子的基质中的氢原子，其中光电导层具有在获得第一层区域和第二层区域形成的区域，所述第一层区域和第二层区域都具有从直线部分获得的特征能量（Eu）不大于55meV（ 作为自变量的光子能量（h nu）和吸收光谱的吸收系数（α）作为因变量，由下面定义的等式（I）表示的函数的指数尾）：lnα=（1 / Eu）xh nu +α1（I），分别具有相互不同的氢原子和光学带隙的含量 特定范围，并且其中第二层区域的厚度与光电导层的厚度的比率处于固定范围内。

公开(公告)号：US6090513A

公开(公告)日：2000-07-18

申请号：US999839

申请日：1997-03-27

申请人： Hiroaki Niino ,  Koji Hitsuishi ,  Satoshi Kojima

发明人： Hiroaki Niino ,  Koji Hitsuishi ,  Satoshi Kojima

IPC分类号： G03G5/082 ,  G03G5/085

CPC分类号： G03G5/08242 ,  G03G5/08235

摘要： An electrophotographic light-receiving member comprising a conductive support and a light-receiving layer having a photoconductive layer showing a photoconductivity, formed on the conductive support and formed of a non-monocrystalline material mainly composed of a silicon atom and containing at least one of a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom, wherein said photoconductive layer contains from 10 atomic % to 30 atomic % of hydrogen, the characteristic energy of exponential tail obtained from light absorption spectra at light-incident portions at least of the photoconductive layer is from 50 meV to 60 meV, and the density of states of localization in the photoconductive layer is from 1.times.10.sup.14 cm.sup.-3 to 1.times.10.sup.16 cm.sup.-3. Since the in-gap levels of the photoconductive layer has been controlled, the light-receiving member can be improved in environmental stability and exposure memory at the same time and have superior potential characteristics and image characteristics.

摘要翻译： 一种电子摄影光接收元件，包括导电支撑体和具有光电导率的光电导层的光接收层，该光电导层形成在导电支撑体上并由主要由硅原子组成的非单晶材料形成，并且包含至少一个 氢原子和卤素原子，其中所述光电导层含有10原子％至30原子％的氢，由至少光电导层的光入射部分处的光吸收光谱获得的指数尾部的特征能量为50meV至 60meV，光电导层中的定位状态密度为1×10 14 cm -3至1×10 16 cm -3。 由于光电导层的间隙间电平已被控制，所以可以同时改善光接收元件的环境稳定性和曝光存储器，并具有优异的电位特性和图像特性。

公开(公告)号：US20180231902A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15955094

申请日：2018-04-17

申请人： Ryo Miyakoshi ,  Daisuke Asahina ,  Yoshihiro Moriya ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Satoshi Takahashi

发明人： Ryo Miyakoshi ,  Daisuke Asahina ,  Yoshihiro Moriya ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Satoshi Takahashi

IPC分类号： G03G9/087

CPC分类号： G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/0821 ,  G03G9/08795 ,  G03G9/08797 ,  G03G2215/0617

摘要： A toner including polyester, wherein an amount of heat of a peak derived from the polyester in a range of from 40° C. through 70° C. during a cooling process is from 1.0 J/g through 15 J/g in differential scanning calorimetry performed under conditions below, after maintaining the toner at −20° C., heating the toner to 130° C. at 10° C./min (a first heating process), after maintaining the toner at 130° C. for 1 minute, cooling the toner to −50° C. at cooling speed of 10° C./min (the cooling process), and after maintaining the toner at −50° C. for 5 minutes, heating the toner to 130° C. at 10° C./min (a second heating process).

公开(公告)号：US09086647B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-21

申请号：US14022691

申请日：2013-09-10

申请人： Shingo Sakashita ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Tsuneyasu Nagatomo ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Tomoki Murayama

发明人： Shingo Sakashita ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Tsuneyasu Nagatomo ,  Satoshi Kojima ,  Tomoki Murayama

IPC分类号： G03G15/09 ,  G03G15/08 ,  G03G9/097 ,  G03G9/10 ,  G03G9/107 ,  G03G9/113

CPC分类号： G03G15/0822 ,  G03G9/09716 ,  G03G9/09725 ,  G03G9/10 ,  G03G9/107 ,  G03G9/1075 ,  G03G9/1132 ,  G03G9/1139

摘要： A developing device, including: a developer bearing member, which is disposed opposite to an electrostatic latent image bearing member and which bears thereon a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearing member and conveys the developer to a developing region, wherein the developer includes a toner and a carrier, the toner containing: a toner base containing a binder resin and a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains coalescent particles each made up of a plurality of coalescing primary particles, and wherein a work function Wc of the carrier and a work function Ws of the developer bearing member satisfy a relationship of the following formula (1): Ws−Wc≧0.4 eV  (1).

摘要翻译： 一种显影装置，包括：显影剂承载构件，其与静电潜像承载构件相对地设置并承载有形成在静电潜像承载构件上的静电潜像的显影剂，并将显影剂输送到显影区域 其中所述显影剂包括调色剂和载体，所述调色剂含有：含有粘合剂树脂和着色剂的调色剂基料; 和外部添加剂，其中所述外部添加剂包含各自由多个聚结一次颗粒构成的聚结剂颗粒，并且其中载体的功函数Wc和显影剂承载构件的功函数Ws满足以下关系式（ 1）：Ws-Wc≥0.4eV（1）。

公开(公告)号：US08956795B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-17

申请号：US13792722

申请日：2013-03-11

申请人： Satoshi Kojima ,  Tsuneyasu Nagatomo ,  Syouko Satoh ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Satoshi Ogawa ,  Takahiro Honda ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Teruki Kusahara ,  Masaki Watanabe ,  Daisuke Inoue ,  Kiwako Hirohara

发明人： Satoshi Kojima ,  Tsuneyasu Nagatomo ,  Syouko Satoh ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Satoshi Ogawa ,  Takahiro Honda ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Teruki Kusahara ,  Masaki Watanabe ,  Daisuke Inoue ,  Kiwako Hirohara

IPC分类号： G03G9/08 ,  G03G9/087 ,  G03G9/097

CPC分类号： G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0821 ,  G03G9/08782 ,  G03G9/09708 ,  G03G9/09725

摘要： A toner for developing an electrostatic image, including: toner base particles each including a binder resin and a releasing agent; and inorganic fine particles, wherein the toner includes the inorganic fine particles as an external additive on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the toner base particles have a BET specific surface area of 2.5 m2/g to 5.0 m2/g, and wherein the inorganic fine particles comprise inorganic fine particles (A) which are each a secondary particle where a plurality of primary particles are coalesced together.

摘要翻译： 一种用于显影静电图像的调色剂，包括：各自包含粘合剂树脂和脱模剂的调色剂基础颗粒; 和无机细颗粒，其中调色剂包括作为调色剂基础颗粒表面上的外部添加剂的无机细颗粒，其中调色剂基础颗粒的BET比表面积为2.5m 2 / g至5.0m 2 / g，并且其中 无机细颗粒包括无机细颗粒（A），它们是多个一次颗粒聚结在一起的二次颗粒。

公开(公告)号：US20140348546A1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-27

申请号：US14282198

申请日：2014-05-20

申请人： Satoshi Kojima ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Tsuneyasu Nagatomo ,  Shingo Sakashita ,  Tomoki Murayama ,  Masaya Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Hosokawa ,  Shunji Katoh ,  Shinji Tamaki ,  Hiroshi Ikeguchi ,  Kenji Kikuchi ,  Michiharu Suzuki

发明人： Satoshi Kojima ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Tsuneyasu Nagatomo ,  Shingo Sakashita ,  Tomoki Murayama ,  Masaya Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Hosokawa ,  Shunji Katoh ,  Shinji Tamaki ,  Hiroshi Ikeguchi ,  Kenji Kikuchi ,  Michiharu Suzuki

IPC分类号： G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0872

摘要： Toner housing container includes: container body mountable on toner conveying device and housing toner supplied into toner conveying device; conveying portion provided in container body and conveying toner from longer direction one end of container body to other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port provided at container opening portion and receiving conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion to move toner conveyed by conveying portion toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has loose apparent density of 0.28 g/cm3 to 0.53 g/cm3. Container body includes protruding portion protruding from container body interior side of container opening portion toward one end. Uplifting portion includes uplifting wall surface extending from internal wall surface of container body toward protruding portion, and curving portion curving to conform to protruding portion. Protruding portion is present between curving portion and toner receiving port of inserted conveying pipe.

摘要翻译： 调色剂容器容器包括：可安装在调色剂输送装置上的容器主体和容纳调色剂输送装置中的调色剂; 设置在容器主体中的输送部分，并且将调色剂从容器本体的长度方向的一端传送到设置有容器开口部分的另一端; 管接收口，设置在容器开口部分并接收固定到调色剂输送装置的输送管; 和提升部分，以将由输送部输送的调色剂移动到输送管的调色剂接收口。 调色剂的松散表观密度为0.28g / cm 3至0.53g / cm 3。 容器主体包括从容器主体的容器开口部内侧朝向一端突出的突出部。 上升部分包括从容器主体的内壁表面朝向突出部分延伸的提升壁表面，以及弯曲部分弯曲以符合突出部分。 突出部分存在于插入输送管的弯曲部分和调色剂接收口之间。