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20120301180 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided a charging member which can prevent any contaminants deposited on a cleaning member from adhering thereto by making low a surface free energy and coefficient of friction thereof. The charging member has a substrate, an elastic layer and a surface layer, and the surface layer contains a polymer having an Si—O—W linkage; the polymer having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) and a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (2): | 11-29-2012 |
20130004206 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charging member for electrophotographic apparatus is provided which has a superior charging performance for the electrophotographic photosensitive member and also can not easily change with time in charging performance. The charging member has a substrate, an elastic layer and a surface layer, which surface layer contains a high-molecular compound having an Si—O—Ti linkage in the molecular structure and a cyclic polysilane represented by the general formula (7) defined in the specification, and the high-molecular compound has a constituent unit represented by the general formula (1) and a constituent unit represented by the following formula (2) which are defined in the specification. | 01-03-2013 |
20130034369 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charging member is provided which can uniformly charge a photosensitive member without requiring any pre-exposure means in a low-, medium- or high-speed electrophotographic apparatus, and has a sufficient charging performance. An electrophotographic apparatus and a process cartridge are also provided which can keep multi-color ghost images from occurring and can form high-grade electrophotographic images stably. The charging member has a substrate, an elastic layer and a surface layer, which surface layer contains a high-molecular compound having an Si—O—Nb linkage; the high-molecular compound having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) and a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (2). | 02-07-2013 |
20130064571 | CHARGING MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE CHARGING MEMBER, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Provided is a charging member hardly causing a cleaning failure to suppress occurrence of a vertical streak image in an electrophotographic apparatus. The charging member comprises a support, an elastic layer, and a surface layer. The surface layer comprises a polymer compound having at least one bond of Si—O-M bond and Si—O—Ta bond, at least one bond of M-O—Ge bond and Ta—O—Ge bond, and Si—O—Ge bond. M represents any element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, and Hf. The polymer compound has structural units represented by the formula (1) and (2), and at least one structural unit of structural units represented by the formula (3) and (4). The charging member has a crack extending from its surface to the elastic layer, and the crack has a convexly raised edge by which a surface of the charging member is roughened. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064574 | CHARGING MEMBER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - Provided are the following charging member and a method of producing the charging member. The charging member has an improved charging ability and hence alleviates, in particular, a positive ghost. The charging member can maintain resistance to the adhesion of toner, a toner external additive, or the like over a long time period. The charging member for an electrophotographic apparatus comprises an electro-conductive support, an electro-conductive elastic layer, and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer comprises a polymer compound having an Si—O—Ti linkage in a molecular structure thereof, and the polymer compound has each of constitutional units represented by a formula (1), a formula (2), and a formula (3) defined in the description. The method is a method of producing the charging member. | 03-14-2013 |
20130295330 | CHARGING MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - There is provided a charging member having charging performance that is not easily changed even by long-term use. | 11-07-2013 |
20140004258 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MEMBER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND COATING LIQUID | 01-02-2014 |
20140072343 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is a charging member whose surface is suppressed to adhesion of toner or an external additive and is not contaminated easily, and which is less likely to occur a track due to the contact between the charging member and a photosensitive member in an electrophotographic image. The charging member comprises a support, an elastic layer, and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer comprises: a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (1); a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (2); a polymer compound having a bond of Si—O—Ti; and phenyl-modified silicone oil having a particular structure. | 03-13-2014 |
20140080691 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides a charging member that suppresses abnormal discharge which induces charging unevenness, and that has little contamination on a surface layer, to thereby enable uniform charging over a long period. The charging member includes a substrate, an elastic layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer contains a polymer compound having constitutional units represented by the following general formula (1), chemical formula (2) and general formula (3), and having a Si—O—Ti bond, a Ti—O-M bond and a Si—O-M bond. M is any atom selected from the group consisting of V, Nb and W. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090130280 | BEVERAGE WHIPPER - A beverage whipper, including a whipper disk configured for spinning within the whipper and having a radius is disclosed. The whipper disk further includes a front surface and a plurality of forward-facing concave surfaces that divide the front surface into a plurality of front surface sections. The concave surfaces extend generally radially over more than half the radius and have a circumferential width and a depth, wherein the width is larger than the depth. The front surface sections have a total area that is at least 4-times the total area of the concave surfaces. Also, a beverage dispenser that includes the whipper for forming beverages having crema such as espresso or cappuccino. | 05-21-2009 |
20090285955 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER OUTLET - A beverage dispenser, including a whipper disk and a dispensing spout connected downstream to the housing for dispensing the whipped beverage mixture. A sieve is disposed within the dispensing spout and is configured for reducing the number of large bubbles present within the fluid over a predetermined size. An output plate covers a downstream end of the dispensing spout and has a plurality of holes formed therein for reducing the velocity of the whipped beverage mixture through the dispensing spout. | 11-19-2009 |
20120003373 | BEVERAGE WHIPPER - A beverage whipper, including a whipper disk configured for spinning within the whipper and having a radius is disclosed. The whipper disk further includes a front surface and a plurality of forward-facing concave surfaces that divide the front surface into a plurality of front surface sections. The concave surfaces extend generally radially over more than half the radius and have a circumferential width and a depth, wherein the width is larger than the depth. The front surface sections have a total area that is at least 4-times the total area of the concave surfaces. Also, a beverage dispenser that includes the whipper for forming beverages having crema such as espresso or cappuccino. | 01-05-2012 |
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20140263273 | CHAMBER APPARATUS AND HEATING METHOD - A chamber apparatus including a chamber which accommodates a substrate having a coating film formed thereon; a first heating part which is accommodated in the chamber and disposed on a first face side of the substrate; a second heating part which is accommodated in the chamber and disposed on a second face side of the substrate opposite to the first face; and a pressure control part which is capable of pressurizing and depressurizing inside of the chamber in a heated state. | 09-18-2014 |
20140363903 | SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TREATING SUBSTRATE - A substrate treating apparatus including: a chamber capable of accommodating a substrate; a treating part which conducts a predetermined treatment associated with forming a coating film containing a metal to the substrate accommodated in the chamber; and a detection part which detects a concentration of a predetermined gas containing a chalcogen element within a gas inside the chamber. | 12-11-2014 |
20140370451 | HEATING APPARATUS AND HEATING METHOD - A heating apparatus including: a heating part which heats a substrate having coated thereon a liquid material containing a metal and a solvent, and a thermocouple which is disposed to contact a portion of the heating part and has at least a surface of a contact portion contacting the heating part covered with a protection film. | 12-18-2014 |
20150060434 | CHAMBER APPARATUS AND HEATING METHOD - Provided is a chamber apparatus which includes a chamber, in a part of which an internal space capable of accommodating a substrate therein is formed, a heating portion which heats the substrate disposed in the internal space, and a temperature adjustment portion which adjusts the temperature of a part of the chamber, which is in contact with the internal space. | 03-05-2015 |