CHARGING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

Title:

CHARGING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/043777

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is a charging member having a roughened surface and capable of suppressing the adhesion of unwanted particles to the surface. The charging member has a supporting body, an elastic layer, and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer contains a polymer compound having a Si-O-M bond, having at least one constitutional unit selected from the constitutional units represented by general formula (1) and general formula (2), and also having a constitutional unit represented by general formula (3). The charging member has tears in the surface thereof extending to the elastic layer, and the tears bulge in a projecting shape near the edges thereof. As a result, the surface of the charging member is roughened.

Inventors:

KURODA NORIAKI (JP)
NAGAMINE NORIKO (JP)
TOMOMIZU YUYA (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2011/072492

Publication Date:

April 05, 2012

Filing Date:

September 22, 2011

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Assignee:

CANON KK (JP)
KURODA NORIAKI (JP)
NAGAMINE NORIKO (JP)
TOMOMIZU YUYA (JP)

International Classes:

G03G15/02; B32B3/30; B32B9/00; C08G79/00; G03G15/00; G03G21/10

Foreign References:

JP2002080785A	2002-03-19
JP2007264611A	2007-10-11
JP2009151159A	2009-07-09
JP2006162802A	2006-06-22
JP2006064750A	2006-03-09

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