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Electrophotographic photoconductor, image forming apparatus, and image forming method

US10545417B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2019
Grant dateJan 28, 2020
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G5/14791
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrophotographic photoconductor is provided. The electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a surface layer containing fluororesin particles, non-fluororesin particles, and a cured resin. The fluororesin particles have an average particle diameter of from 0.01 to 0.3 μm in a cross-sectional image of the surface layer as observed by a scanning electron microscope with a magnification of 5,000 times, and when the cross-sectional image is segmented into uniform regions each being 1 μm×4 μm, a standard deviation of areas each of which is occupied by the fluororesin particles and the non-fluororesin particles in each of the regions is 0.2 μm2 or less.

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