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Electrophotographic element having a hydrophobic, cured, highly cross-linked polymeric overcoat layer

US4062681A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 1973
Grant dateDec 13, 1977
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Expiry dateMar 9, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G5/14
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hydrophobic overcoat for an electrophotographic element. The overcoat contains a polymeric composition such as a homopolymer, copolymer, or blend thereof and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or the partial alkyl ester thereof and a relatively large amount of cross-linking agent for said polymeric composition, for example, an imine-terminated cross-linking agent or a melamine-formaldehyde resin.

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