Organophotoreceptors for electrophotography featuring novel charge transport compounds based upon hydroxy-functional compounds

US6214503A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Imation Corp. · US

Inventors

• Valentas Gaidelis · Vilnius, LT
• Janina Gavutiene · Vilnius, LT
• Vytautas Getautis · Kaunas, LT
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius · Kaunas, LT
• Vygintas Jankauskas · Vilnius, LT
• Rimtautas Kavaliunas · Kaunas, LT
• Ruta Lazauskaite · Kaunas, LT
• Osvaldas Paliulis · Kaunas, LT
• Mitchell A. Rossman · Minneapolis, US
• Donatas Jonas Sidaravicius · Vilnius, LT
• Terrance P. Smith · Woodbury, US
• Albina Stanishauskaite · Kaunas, LT

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G5/09
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention features organic photoreceptors that include a charge transport compound having the formula: ##STR1## PA1 where X is an N-alkyl-substituted carbazole, an N-aryl-substituted carbazole, or a p-(N,N-disubstituted)arylamine; PA1 Ar is a group having the formula: ##STR2## PA1 R.sup.1 is a hydrogen, halogen, or alkyl group; R is a hydrogen, halogen, OH, CN, OR.sup.2, or OCOR.sup.3 group; R.sup.2 is an alkyl, aryl, or alkaryl group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, or haloalkyl group; n is 0 or 1; A is a group having the formula: ##STR3## PA1 Z is O or S; Q is O, S, or CH.sub.2 ; and m is 0 or 1.