Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process cartridge and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16677729Application Date: 2019-11-08
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Publication No.: US10732534B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Go Shindo , Shinichi Hagiwara , Yoshihiro Mitsui , Kosuke Ikada , Kentaro Yamawaki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@30dd8d44
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G15/16 ; C08K3/04 ; G03G9/08

Abstract:
A charging member that contacts an image bearing member and charges the image bearing member has an electrically conductive support and an elastic layer in contact with the image bearing member. The elastic layer includes a semiconductive rubber composition including a matrix and domains having electric conductivity. The semiconductive rubber composition has a sea-island structure in which the domains form an island phase and the matrix forms a sea phase. The matrix has a higher volume resistivity than the domains. The developer includes a toner, and the toner has a Martens hardness of at least 200 MPa and not more than 1100 MPa when measured under a maximum load of 2.0×10−4 N.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200150552A1 PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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