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Image bearing material, electrophotographic photoreceptor using the image bearing material, and image forming apparatus using the photoreceptor

US6444387B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2000
Grant dateSep 3, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G5/0592
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image bearing material including a matrix resin and, within the matrix resin, a core/shell graft copolymer including a core including one or more polymers and a shell including a graft polymer which has a linear chain connected with the core and which is formed from one or more monomers. The image bearing material is preferably used for a surface layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor, an intermediate transfer medium, and the like image bearing members to improve the abrasion resistance thereof.

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