Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited

Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Naoto Fujimura

Kiyoshi Sakai

Teigo Sakakibara

Yuichi Hashimoto

Takashi Koyama

Noriko Ohtani

Shinya Mayama

Toshiyuki Yoshihara

Katsumi Aoki

Shigeo Mori

Hideki Anayama

Tetsuo Shiraiwa

Junichi Kishi

Seiko Nakano

Masami Okunuki

Yoshio Takasu

Shozo Ishikawa

Takashi Tanaka

Hisami Tanaka

Masaki Kuribayashi

Hideyo Kondo

Hideyuki Ainoya

Masafumi Hisamura

Norie Takebayashi

Noriko Hirayama

Koji Yamazaki

Masahiro Inoue

Akio Maruyama

Nobuhiko Takekoshi

Masakazu Matsumoto

Shoji Amamiya

Noriyoshi Ogawa

Noboru Kashimura

Hitoshi Toma

Shigemori Tanaka

Shin Nagahara

Minoru Mabuchi

Fumio Sumino

Hiroshi Aoto

Satoshi Kanayama

Shunichiro Nishida

Takeshi Fujita

Tadami Kinugawa

Nobuyuki Hanami

Keiji Kubo

Toshiaki Takada

Seikoh Nakano

Hideo Ohtaki

Akihiro Sonobe

To provide a superheated steam treatment apparatus capable of efficiently treating an object by superheated steam containing a high concentration of hydroxyl radicals. The superheated steam treatment apparatus includes an induction heating unitconfigured to generate superheated steam by induction heating saturated stream, a treatment chamberconfigured to allow the superheated steam generated by the induction heating unitto be introduced thereinto, and a discharge treatment unitlocated in the treatment chamberand configured to treat the introduced superheated steam by discharge. The discharge treatment unithas a frame serving as a support for the discharge treatment unit, a discharge electrode located at an upper part of the frame, a mesh-like opposite electrode located below the discharge electrode, and a high-frequency power source configured to supply high-frequency, high-voltage power between the discharge electrode and the opposite electrode to cause the discharge, whereby an object immediately below the opposite electrode is allowed to be treated by the superheated steam having an increased hydroxyl radical concentration due to the discharge.

Superheated steam treatment apparatus

Disclosed herein is a recording medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer provided on the base material, wherein the ink-receiving layer comprises a high-water-absorptive material obtained by grafting, on a water-absorptive polymer, an inorganic oxide formed from an inorganic alkoxide represented by the formula

Recording medium, method of formimg image using the same, and method of

There is provided a transfer material carrying member and an image forming apparatus using it. The transfer material carrying member comprises a metal oxide and a polycarbonate resin having a repeating unit represented by the following formula: ##STR1## The transfer medium carrying member of the present invention has superior surface electrical characteristics, mechanical strength and transparency. The image forming apparatus making use of the transfer medium carrying member enables consistently good transfer even when copies are repeatedly taken and makes it possible to obtain consistently stable, good images.

Transfer material carrying member and image forming apparatus

A transfer material carrying member has a copolymer and conductive particles; the copolymer has a component unit represented by the Formula (I) and a component unit represented by the Formula (II), and the component unit represented by Formula (II) is in an amount of from 0.1% by weight to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the copolymer.

Transfer material carrying member and image forming apparatus making use

The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising an electroconductive support and a photosensitive layer formed thereon: the surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member containing a first copolymer of a first construction unit represented by Formula (1) and a second construction unit represented by Formula (2), and a second copolymer of a third construction unit represented by Formula (3) and a fourth construction unit represented by Formula (4): ##STR1##

Electrophotographic photosensitive member, and electrophotographic

An electrophotographic apapratus of the type in which a photosensitive member is charged by atmospheric discharge, is equipped with an air filter including a substrate and a catalyst layer formed on the substrate including at least three components of CuO, MnO.sub.2 and a water-soluble polymer. The catalyst layer shows a reactivity with NOx and the water-soluble polymer traps the resultant HNO.sub.3 while retaining a high ozone removing efficiency, whereby the apparatus can show excellent electrophotographic performances even after successive use while preventing deterioration due to ozone, NOx and HNO.sub.3 produced by the atmospheric discharge.

Ozone filter used in electrophotographic apparatus including catalyst of

An image-bearing member suitable for carrying an electrostatic image and/or a toner image is formed by forming a surface layer on a substrate or a photosensitive layer. The surface layer comprises a polymerized and cured product of a photoionically polymerizable compound having two or more functional groups, and shows excellent mechanical and electrical resistance as well as excellent charge-retaining characteristic. As a result, the surface layer provides an image-bearing surface suitable for electrophotography. The surface layer may be a protective layer or a photoconductive layer when it constitutes a photosensitive member.

Image-bearing member and apparatus including same

A photosensitive member suitable for use in an electrophotographic apparatus is constituted by an electroconductive support, and an intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer disposed in this order on the support. The intermediate layer comprises a reaction product of a polyol compound comprising at least one of a polyol compound [I] represented by Formula (1) shown below and a phosphated polyol compound with a polyisocyanate compound: ##STR1## wherein A denotes ##STR2## B denotes --R.sup.4 --O--, A and B may be connected at random or in blocks with each other, Z denotes an active hydrogen compound residue; R.sup.1 is an alkylene group having 1-9 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is an alkylene group having 1-10 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 is an alkyl group, alkenyl group, aryl group or aralkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms; R.sup.4 is an alkylene group having 2-10 carbon atoms; k is a number of 1-12 m is a number of 1-250; n is a number of 0-100; and p is a number of 0-5.

Electrophotographic photosensitive member and apparatus using same

An electrophotographic photosensitive member is constituted by an electroconductive support, and an intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer disposed in this order on the support. The intermediate layer comprises a reaction product of a mixture including a polyol compound [I], a polyol compound [II] having an OH equivalent different from that of the polyol compound [I] and a polyisocyanate compound. The polyol compound [I] is a polyether polyol compound having an OH equivalent of at least 500 and 2-60 OH groups per molecule; and the polyol compound [II] is a polyol compound having an OH equivalent of at most 300. The photosensitive member shows stable electrophotographic performances over wide environmental conditions from low temperature--low humidity to high temperature high humidity due to the intermediate layer.

Electrophotographic photosensitive member with polyether

The present invention discloses an image bearing member having a surface layer comprising a high-melting point polyester resin, a cured resin and an antioxidant, and an apparatus which uses the same.

Image holding member and apparatus which uses the same

The present invention provides an image-holding member which comprises an electroconductive support and a resin layer formed on the support, wherein the surface layer of the image-holding member contains a copolymer having the structure units represented by the formulas [I] and [II]: ##STR1## where A is a linear, branched or cyclic alkylidene group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl-substituted alkylidene group, arylene-dialkylidene group, --O--, --S--, --CO--, --SO--, or --SO.sub.2 --; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are respectively hydrogen, halogen, or an alkyl or alkenyl group of 1 to 4 carbons; ##STR2## where R.sub.5 is an alkylene or alkylidene group of 2 to 6 carbons; R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are respectively an alkyl group of 1 to 3 carbons, a phenyl or substituted phenyl group; and n is an integer of from 1 to 200, and the copolymer containing the structure unit of the formula [II] in an amount of from 0.1 to 50% by weight Of the total weight of the copolymer.

Image-holding member, and electrophotographic apparatus, apparatus unit,

An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a drum-shaped or endless-sheet-shaped light-transmissive carrier made of a light-transmissive resin, at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of which has maximum and mean roughness both ranging from 0.3 .mu.m to 4.0 .mu.m, and a photosensitive layer is formed on one of the surfaces of the carrier. The photosensitive layer has a laminate structure composed of a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer. A light-transmissive layer containing fine particles dispersed in a binder resin may be provided between the light-transmissive carrier and the photosensitive member. An electrophotographic apparatus incorporating this electrophotographic photosensitive member has an image exposure light source such as a laser or an LED array disposed at the side of the photosensitive member adjacent the carrier so as to apply an exposure light to the photosensitive member through the light-transmissive carrier. A facsimile apparatus incorporates this electrophotographic apparatus as a printer.

Electrophotographic photosensitive member and apparatus incorporating

An image-bearing member suitable for carrying an electrostatic image and/or a toner image is formed by forming a surface layer on a substrate or a photosensitive layer. The surface layer comprising a high-melting point polyester resin shows a good dispersibility of the cured resin to provide a durable layer in combination with the cured resin, and also a lubricant, preferably a silicone-type one, whereby the surface layer provides an image-bearing surface suitable for electrophotography. The surface layer may be a protective layer or a photoconductive layer when it constitutes a photosensitive member.

An image-bearing member suitable for carrying an electrostatic image and/or a toner image is formed by forming a surface layer on a substrate or a photosensitive layer. The surface layer comprises a high-melting point polyester resin shows a good dispersibility of the cured resin to provide to provide a durable layer in combination with the cured resin, whereby the surface layer provides an image-bearing surface suitable for electrophotography. The surface layer may be a protective layer or a photoconductive layer when it constitutes a photosensitive member.

Image-bearing member having a surface layer of a high-melting point

The present invention provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer provided thereon, wherein the surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a polymer having a component unit represented by the following Formula (1) and a polymer having a component unit represented by the following Formula (2) and a component unit represented by the following Formula (3) in a certain proportion. ##STR1##

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Naoto Fujimura