Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus which includes a belt having an electroconductive layer
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Application No.: US17498970Application Date: 2021-10-12
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Publication No.: US11435680B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Shohei Ishio , Keisuke Ishizumi , Shinji Katagiri , Eiichi Hamana , Noriaki Egawa
- 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: JPJP2020-189028 20201112
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt including a base layer and an electroconductive layer positioned on an inner peripheral surface side of the belt than the base layer and forming an inner peripheral surface of the belt, and a roller provided on the inner peripheral surface side of the belt and including a roller portion around which the belt is wound and which is formed of an aluminum material. The electroconductive layer contains a binder resin, an electroconductive agent, and a copper compound, and has surface resistivity of 5.0×106ΩQ/□ or less. The roller includes an alumite layer forming a surface contacting the electroconductive layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220146967A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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