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Developer carrying member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus

US10831125B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2020
Grant dateNov 10, 2020
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G21/1814
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The developer carrying member, includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer containing a resin, on the substrate, in which a thickness of the surface layer is 1.0 μm or more and 100.0 μm or less, a Martens hardness at an indentation depth of 0.1 μm that is measured by infiltrating a Vickers indenter in a thickness direction of the surface layer from an outer surface of the surface layer is 50.0 N/mm2 or more and 100.0 N/mm2 or less, an Asker C hardness that is measured from the outer surface of the surface layer is 75° or more and 90° or less, and a value of a work function of the outer surface of the surface layer is 5.6 eV or more and 6.0 eV or less.

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