Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus which includes a belt having an electroconductive layer
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Application No.: US17814013Application Date: 2022-07-21
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Publication No.: US11656564B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- 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: JP 2020189028 2020.11.12
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: 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 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 a metal material. The electroconductive layer contains a binder resin, an electroconductive agent, and a copper compound, and has surface resistivity of 5.0×106Ω/□ or less. The roller portion includes a base material of a first metal material comprising a first metal, and a coating layer which forms a surface contacting the electroconductive layer formed of a second metal material comprising a second metal. A difference in standard potential between the second metal and copper is smaller than that between the first metal and copper.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220357686A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH INCLUDES A BELT HAVING AN ELECTROCONDUCTIVE LAYER Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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