Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Kaoru Torikoshi

Tomoo Kobayashi

Kunio Sakurai

Yutaka Akasaki

Hiroyuki Tanaka

Tetsuro Kodera

Hisae Yoshizawa

Hiroshi Saegusa

Naoyuki Egusa

Akira Imai

Kazunori Anazawa

Tomoko Miyahara

Tadakazu Ezure

Katsuhiro Sato

Lyong Sun Pu

Tadakazu Edure

Fumiaki Tambo

Akihiko Tokida

Seki Kin

Hidemi Suto

Akihiko Tokita

Touru Ishii

Satoshi Saeki

Isamu Suzuki

Tooru Ishii

Takashi Imai

Yasuo Yamamoto

Hirotaka Matsuoka

Katsumi Harada

Kojiro Tsutsumi

Yutaka Sugizaki

Toshiyasu Yukawa

Susumu Saito

Shintaro Kikuchi

An image recording medium includes an image supporting member that has a ruggedness on a surface and has a surface roughness Rz of 3 &#x3bc;m or more, an image receiving layer that includes a first thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 60&#xb0; C. or more and a second thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 15&#xb0; C. or less, and a transparent supporting member, in this order, wherein an image formed of an image forming material is provided between the image supporting member and the image receiving layer and a ruggedness corresponding to the ruggedness of the image supporting member is formed on an outermost surface of the image recording medium on a side of the transparent supporting member.

Image recording medium and method for preparing image recording medium

A surface protective film includes a structure in which a fluorine resin having a perfluoroalkylene ether structure in a main chain is crosslinking polymerized, wherein a storage elastic modulus E' is in the range of 10 MPa to 1000 MPa at a temperature which is 40 K higher than a dynamic glass transition temperature Tg in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at a measurement frequency of 10 Hz.

Surface protective film

A surface protective film includes a self-healing urethane resin and a conductive powder. In the surface protective film, the content of the conductive powder is about 5 vol % or more and about 25 vol % or less relative to the volume of the urethane resin.

Surface protective film, transfer member, image forming apparatus, and method for forming image

An image transfer device includes a transfer unit and a transport unit. The transfer unit that heats a layered body including a recording member, which is flexible and has an image recorded on a recording surface thereof, and a base member, onto which the image on the recording member is to be transferred, to transfer the image recorded on the recording surface onto the base member. The transfer unit transporting the layered body by rotating while being in contact with a back surface of the recording member on a side opposite to the side of the recording surface. The transport unit disposed upstream of the transfer unit in a transport direction of the layered body. The transport unit rotating while being in contact with the back surface of the recording member to transport the layered body to the transfer unit.

Image transfer device and image forming apparatus

There is provided an image transfer sheet, including: an image receiving layer; a bonding layer; a transparent support; and a substrate, in this order, wherein a peeling strength between the transparent support and the substrate is lower than a peeling strength between the image receiving layer and the bonding layer, and between the bonding layer and the transparent support.

Image transfer sheet and image recording material

There is provided an elastic member including a surface resin layer including a crosslinked product of a dimethyl silicone compound having a reactive group and a fluoroalkyl compound having a reactive group.

Elastic member, process cartridge and image forming apparatus

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a substrate; an undercoat layer provided on the substrate and containing a tin-zinc complex oxide powder having a volume resistivity of about 2&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm or less; and a photosensitive layer provided on the undercoat layer.

Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method

An image transfer sheet includes an image-receiving layer, a substrate, and a rear outermost layer containing an alkali metal salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid. The image-receiving layer, the substrate, and the rear outermost layer are arranged in that order.

Image transfer sheet

A urethane resin laminate includes a substrate material having a contact angle of water in the surface of the substrate material being from 0 degree to 90 degrees, an inner urethane resin layer, and an outer urethane resin layer in this order. The inner urethane resin layer contains urethane resin that does not have a fluorine atom in a molecular structure, and has self-repairability. The outer urethane resin layer contains urethane resin containing a fluorine atom in a molecular structure, and has self-repairability.

Urethane resin laminate, fixing roll, fixing belt, image fixing device, transparent plate for platen, document reader, and image forming apparatus

A resin material contains a polymer of a composition containing an isocyanate and an acrylic resin having OH-group-containing side chains in which a proportion of OH-group-containing side chains each having 6 or more carbon atoms relative to all of the OH-group-containing side chains is about 76 mol % or more and about 100 mol % or less.

Resin material

Provided is a transparent plate for a platen which is used in a document scanning apparatus, including a transparent supporting member, and a transparent protective layer that has a self-repairability and has a surface coefficient of kinetic friction with respect to copy paper of 0.7 or less on the transparent supporting member.

Transparent plate for platen, document scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus

Provided is a resin material including at least one of a reaction product and a mixture of a polyimide and a polyurethane that is a polymer of an isocyanate with an acrylic resin containing a side chain having a hydroxyl group.

Resin material, endless belt, roll, image fixing unit, and image forming apparatus

A urethane resin that is formed by polymerizing an acrylic resin including a hydroxyl group and an isocyanate is provided. The urethane resin has a Martens hardness of 1 N/mmor more and 200 N/mmor less at 150&#xb0; C. and a recovery rate of 80% or more and 100% or less at 150&#xb0; C.

Urethane resin, fixing member, and image forming apparatus

Described herein are resin materials used for a member for an image forming apparatus. These resin materials can include a polymer formed by polymerization of at least one acrylic resin having (i) a content ratio (molar ratio) of hydroxyl groups of side chains each containing 10 or more carbon atoms to hydroxyl groups of side chains each containing less than 10 carbon atoms that is less than 1/3; (ii) at least one polyol that contains plural hydroxyl groups in which all the hydroxyl groups are connected together through a chain containing 6 or more carbon atoms; and (iii) an isocyanate. The resin material can further include a polymerization ratio of about 0.1 or more and about 10 or less, the polymerization ratio being a ratio (B/A) of a total molar amount (B) of hydroxyl groups contained in all the polyols used for the polymerization to a total molar amount (A) of hydroxyl groups contained in all the acrylic resins used for the polymerization.

Resin material, endless belt for image forming apparatus, roller for image forming apparatus, image fixing device, and image forming apparatus

An image-forming method includes forming a toner image on the surface of an image carrier, transferring the toner image from the surface of the image carrier onto an image-receiving layer of a belt-shaped intermediate transfer film that is provided on a surface of a base material, superimposing the intermediate transfer film on a surface of a recording medium such that the toner image contacts the surface of the recording medium, fixing the toner image by application of heat and pressure, forming a laminate by pressure-bonding the superimposed intermediate transfer film onto the recording medium by application of heat and pressure, and peeling the base material off the image-receiving layer at the interface therebetween, so that the entire image-forming surface of the recording medium is covered with the image-receiving layer and the image is formed between the recording medium and the image-receiving layer.

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Kaoru Torikoshi