Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus
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Application No.: US17070179Application Date: 2020-10-14
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Publication No.: US11340553B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Kaname Watariguchi , Kohei Makisumi , Fumiyuki Hiyama , Yuichi Kikuchi , Kazuhiro Yamauchi , Hirotaka Araki , Seiichi Miyazawa
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-191566 20191018
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03G5/05 ; G03G5/06

Abstract:
The process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a first support and a photosensitive layer; and a charging member. In the photosensitive member when an electric current is measured which flows when a voltage is applied to a surface while being varied, a gradient a1 of a low electric field region and a gradient a2 of a high electric field region satisfy a2/a1≥1.50, in a graph. The charging member includes a second support having an electroconductive outer surface, and a second electroconductive layer including a matrix and a plurality of domains being dispersed in the matrix, at least a portion of the domain is exposed to an outer surface which includes at least the matrix and at least a portion of the domain, and a volume resistivity ρM of the matrix is 1.00×105 times or higher of a volume resistivity ρD of the domain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210116858A1 PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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