Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080292980 | ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Disclosed is an organic photoreceptor comprising on an electrically conductive support a light-sensitive layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer comprises a resin formed by curing a photocurable compound containing at least one polar group and at least one photocurable-functional group and a particulate metal oxide having a water absorption of 0.1 to 10%. There are also disclosed an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge. | 11-27-2008 |
20080318147 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - An objective is to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a protective layer in which no unevenness is generated in a coated layer even though a coating solution containing a large addition amount of metal oxide is coated, mechanical strength of a protective layer is high; productivity is high with long life of the coating solution because of no sedimentation of metal oxide, electrical resistivity and mechanical strength are satisfactory, and metal oxide generating no coated layer defect together with no light scattering caused by dispersion failure is dispersed, and also to provide an image forming method and an image forming apparatus employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor possessing a conductive support, at least a photosensitive layer and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises rutile type titanium dioxide and anatase type titanium dioxide. | 12-25-2008 |
20090258312 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method and image forming apparatus based on the application thereof wherein comet-like deposits do not appear on the surface of the photoreceptor even after prolonged use of small-diameter toner, and there is no dropout or damage on the photoreceptor surface in the image forming process using an intermediate transfer member. This image forming method contains a process wherein the toner developed on an electrophotographic photoreceptor is transferred onto an intermediate transfer member, and the toner contains at least a metallic oxide and metallic soap added as external additive agents, and the protective layer contains a resin component obtained by reaction of at least a curable compound, and alumina particles. | 10-15-2009 |
20090286175 | ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An organic photoreceptor comprising a photosensitive layer on a conductive substrate and a protective layer on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protective layer is a surface layer prepared via reaction curing of a compound having a radical polymerizable, curable functional group using a polymerization initiators and the content of the polymerization initiator detected in the photosensitive layer is at most 5,000 ppm. | 11-19-2009 |
20100086328 | ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An organic photoreceptor having a photosensitive layer, an electric conductive support, and a protective layer is disclosed, in which the protective layer comprises a composition produced by reacting metal oxide particles having a reactive organic group and an anti-oxidant. A production method of the same, an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the same are also disclosed. | 04-08-2010 |
20100129115 | ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An organic photoreceptor having a photosensitive layer, an electric conductive support, and a protective layer is disclosed, in which the protective layer comprises a composition produced by reacting tin oxide particles an acryloyl or methacryloyl group on their surface with a compound having an acryloyl or methacryloyl group. A production method of the same, an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the same are also disclosed. | 05-27-2010 |
20100150610 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support provided thereon, a light sensitive layer and a surface layer in this order, wherein the surface layer is formed by a curing reaction of a composition comprising metal oxide particle of which surface are treated by at least a compound having methacryloyl group; and a peak value Tac at 1610-1640 cm | 06-17-2010 |
20100216065 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic photoreceptor is provided with a conductive support; a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive support; and a surface layer provided on the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer contains a reaction product of surface-treated inorganic fine particles which are applied with a surface treatment with a metal oxide and a surface treatment with a compound having a polymerizable functional group. | 08-26-2010 |
20110033204 | Organic Photoreceptor, Image Forming Apparatus and Process Cartridge - In the present invention, disclosed is an organic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a photosensitive layer and a protective layer provided on the photosensitive layer, the protective layer formed with alumina particles each comprising a reactive organic group. Also provided is an organic photoreceptor with which electrophotographic images having high durability together with high image quality can be obtained by improving a wear property of the organic photoreceptor up to the same level as that of an amorphous silicon photoreceptor, as well as by improving image flow and image blur which are easy to be generated at high temperature and high humidity. | 02-10-2011 |
20110038651 | Electrophotographic Photoreceptor, Image Forming Apparatus, and Method for Image Formation - Disclosed is an electrophotogaphic photoreceptor that causes little or no abrasion-derived uneven image density and does not cause scratches and image defects attributable to the occurrence of scratches even after a large volume, for example, exceeding 1,000,000 sheets of printing, and that does not cause image blurring even after printing in an environment of a high-temperature and a high-relative humidity (RH) respectively exceeding 30° C. and 80%. The electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises an electroconductive support and at least a photosensitive layer and a surface layer provided on the electroconductive support and is characterized in that the surface layer contains at least a compound obtained by reacting a polymerizable compound containing a methacryl group with particles containing a functional group reactive with the methacryl group and, in the polymerizable compound, the ratio between the number of methacryl groups and the molecular weight (number of methacryl groups/molecular weight) is not less than 0.0055. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039197 | ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - An organic photoreceptor is disclosed, comprising, on an electrically conductive support, a photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing metal oxide particles produced by a plasma method, and the protective layer being formed by curing a composition containing the metal oxide particles and a curable compound. There is also disclosed a preparation method f of the organic photoreceptor. | 02-17-2011 |
20110217651 | IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image formation method comprising the steps of charging an organic photoreceptor by a charging device, the organic photoreceptor comprising a substrate and provided thereon, a photoreceptive layer and a protective layer in that order; imagewise exposing the charged organic photoreceptor by an exposure device to form an electrostatic latent image; developing the electrostatic latent image by a developing device to form a toner image, the developing device comprising a developer containing a toner; transferring the toner image to a recording medium by a transfer device; and then removing, by a cleaning device, a toner remaining on the organic photoreceptor from the organic photoreceptor, wherein the protective layer is formed by polymerization of a polymerizable composition containing a polymerizable compound with a polymerizable functional group, and wherein the toner contains an antioxidant. | 09-08-2011 |
20130157182 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive supporting body, a photosensitive Layer and a protective layer. In the electrophotographic photoreceptor, at least the photosensitive layer and the protective layer are sequentially layered, on the conductive supporting body, and the protective layer includes P-type semiconductor particles. | 06-20-2013 |