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Electrophotographic photosensitive member having surface of non-monocrystalline carbon with controlled wear loss

US6183930A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1998
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G5/14704
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

For stably obtaining high-quality images with good cleaning properties, with neither occurrence of uneven scraping of a surface layer of a light receiving member nor fusion of a toner, and without occurrence of an image defect even without provision of a heater, the wear loss of the surface layer of a non-monocrystalline hydrogenated carbon film is made not less than 1 .ANG./10,000 sheets nor more than 10 .ANG./10,000 sheets after completion of copying processes of A4-size transfer sheets, each copying process including developing an image on a light receiving member with a developer having an average grain diameter of 5 to 8 .mu.m, then transferring the developer image onto a transfer medium, and thereafter scrape-cleaning the surface of the light receiving member with an elastic rubber blade having the hardness of not less than 70 nor more than 80.

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