Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Naoshi Mishima

Hiroshi Tamura

Toshio Fukagai

Masaomi Sasaki

Yoshiaki Kawasaki

Yoshihiko Hotta

Tetsuo Watanabe

Hiroko Iwasaki

Akihiko Okamoto

Kenichi Aihara

Kyohji Hattori

Tomohiro Inoue

Kiyoshi Taniguchi

Hiroyuki Kishi

An optical information memory medium, including, in the stated order a substrate, an optical information memory layer which is capable of memorizing information therein, and a reversible display recording layer which is capable of rewritably recording therein, in a visibly recognizable form, at least part of an information corresponding to the information memorized in the optical information memory layer, and a display recording method using the optical information memory medium are disclosed.

Optical information memory medium and display recording method using the same

An optical data storage medium includes a substrate, an optical data storage layer overlaid on the substrate and a reversible image recording layer overlaid on the optical data storage layer, in which information is recorded in the reversible image recording layer so as to be visible. The reversible image recording layer, which includes a matrix resin and a low-molecular-weight organic substance dispersed in the matrix resin, may preferably be thermosensitive and change its transparency or color tone in response to heat.

Optical data storage medium capable of reversibly displaying information

An electrophotographic photoconductor is composed of a substrate and a photoconductive layer formed thereon. The photoconductive layer is composed of a polymer including an acrylic acid ester moiety of formula (I) as repeat unit: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a phenoxyl group, chlorine or bromine; n is an integer of 1 to 4; m is 0 to 1; and k is 0 or 1. The polymer and the monomer from which the polymer is prepared are synthesized.

Polymers of acrylic acid ester derivatives having a triphenyl amine

An electrophotographic photoconductor composed of an electroconductive substrate, and a photoconductive layer consisting of a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer successively formed on the substrate in this order, the charge transport layer containing a carbon-carbon double-bond-containing charge transporting material, and a carbon-carbon double-bond-containing monomer or polymer, which serves as a binder resin, and readily reacts with the above-mentioned charge transporting material by the application of light or heat thereto.

Electrophotographic photoconductor

An electrophotographic photoconductor is composed of a substrate and a photoconductive layer formed thereon. The photoconductive layer is composed of a polymer including an acrylic acid ester moiety of formula (I) as repeat unit: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a phenoxyl group, chlorine or bromine; n is an integer of 1 to 4; m is 0 or 1; and k is 0 or 1. The polymer and the monomer from which the polymer is prepared are synthesized.

Acrylic acid ester derivative having a triphenyl amine skeleton

An electrophotographic image formation method using an electrophotographic photoconductor composed of an electroconductive support, and a photoconductive layer including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer which are successively overlaid on the support, having the steps of charging the surface of the electrophotographic photoconductor uniformly to a predetermined polarity, exposing the charged surface of the photoconductor to light images to form electrostatic latent images thereon, developing the electrostatic latent images to visible toner images by a developer, transferring the toner images to an image-receiving medium, and cleaning the surface of the photoconductor, with the concentration of ozone in the ambient atmosphere around the photoconductor being controlled in the range from 5 to 50 ppm, and the abrasion of the photoconductive layer being controlled to 300 .ANG. or less per 1000 revolutions of the photoconductor.

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