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Contact charging member and electrophotographic apparatus using the same

US5608500A · kind A · utility

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2References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1996
Grant dateMar 4, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/183
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A contact charging member is used in a charging device for charging an image carrier by contacting the contact charging member to which a voltage is impressed with the image carrier. The contact charging member has at least a supporting member and a coating member. The coating member is a seamless tube consisting of a resin blend of a flexible resin and a heat resistant resin.

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