Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charging roller and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 充电辊和结合其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11783152Application Date: 2007-04-06
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Publication No.: US07668484B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Toshiaki Kagawa , Kouji Shinkawa , Tohru Sakuwa
- Applicant: Toshiaki Kagawa , Kouji Shinkawa , Tohru Sakuwa
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
- Priority: JP2006-127061 20060428
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02

Abstract:
The invention delivers a charging roller which is capable of preventing current leakage to a photoreceptor throughout life-time and which has a stable resistance value throughout life-time. The charging roller contains a metal core and a rubber layer formed on the core. The rubber layer is an epichlorohydrin-based rubber base material to which an electronic conductive agent and an ionic conductive agent are added. The rubber layer is subjected to surface processing by spraying the surface with a solution containing an isocyanate compound and heating. The amount of the electronic conductive agent added to the rubber base material is limited so that a volume resistivity when only the electronic conductive agent is added to the rubber base material is 1.46×106 Ω·cm or greater. In addition, the amount of the added ionic conductive agent is increased so that a volume resistivity when the electronic conductive agent and the ionic conductive agent are added to the rubber base material is 1.93×106 Ω·cm or less.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070253737A1 Charging roller and image forming apparatus incorporating same Public/Granted day:2007-11-01
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