Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Subaru Corporation

Takuma Matsuda

Masayoshi Shimamura

Satoshi Otake

Minoru Ito

Kazuhito Wakabayashi

Yasutaka Akashi

Atsushi Noguchi

Hironori Mori

Yoshiyuki Takayama

Daisuke Yoshiba

Kenichi Mochizuki

Yasutaka Akahashi

An exhaust muffler supporting structure includes left and right vehicle body-side hangers, left and right muffler-side hangers, suspending hooks, suspended hooks, and left and right cushion members. The vehicle body-side hangers extend from a bottom of a vehicle body. The muffler-side hangers are fixed to an exhaust system body. The suspending hooks are disposed respectively on the vehicle body-side hangers. The suspended hooks are disposed respectively on the muffler-side hangers. The cushion members each have first and second hook holes into which a corresponding one of the suspending hooks and a corresponding one of the suspended hooks are inserted respectively. The first and second hook holes are disposed on respective sides of each of the cushion members in a main axis direction. An elastic main axis obtained based on characteristics of the cushion members is set on a gravity center position of the exhaust system body.

Exhaust muffler supporting structure

A process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developer bearing roller, and a developer regulating member, the developer regulating member and the developer bearing roller constituting a contact region, the contact region having a width larger than the width of the developing region in the direction of the axis of the developer bearing roller and extending in the circumferential direction of the developer bearing roller, the developer regulating member having a protruding portion that protrudes over the entire width of the contact region from the end portion on the upstream side of the contact region toward the upstream side in the rotational direction of the roller, and the length of the protruding portion in a region corresponding to the developing region being substantially constant and larger than the length of the protruding portion at the location corresponding to the end portion in the width direction of the contact region.

Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming a high-quality electrophotographic image

A developer carrying member is provided the surface layer of which can make a developer stable by controlling its triboelectric charging strongly and which can maintain a high image quality over a long period of time even where a developer made highly spherical-particle or a small-particle developer is used. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer is a cured product of a resin composition containing a binder resin, conductive particles, a quaternary ammonium salt and an azo metal complex compound, the binder resin has in the molecular structure at least one structure selected from the group consisting of an &#x2014;NHgroup, an &#x2550;NH group and an &#x2014;NH&#x2014; linkage, and the azo metal complex compound is a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined in the specification.

Developer carrying member, process for its production, and developing assembly

A developer carrying member is provided which can maintain a high image quality over a long period of time even where a highly triboelectrically chargeable developer is used. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer is a cured product of a resin composition containing a binder resin, conductive particles, a quaternary phosphonium salt and an azo metal complex compound, the binder resin has in the molecular structure at least one structure selected from the group consisting of an &#x2014;NHgroup, an &#x2550;NH group and an &#x2014;NH&#x2014; linkage, and the azo metal complex compound is a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined in the specification.

Provided is a developer carrying member that can stably provide a negatively chargeable developer with triboelectric charge and whose surface hardly wears even after its long-term use. The developer carrying member is a developer carrying member, comprising: a substrate; and a surface layer, wherein: the surface layer contains a matrix resin and electro-conductive particles; and the matrix resin contains a crosslinked product of a polymer chain having units represented by the following structural formula (1) and the following structural formula (2), and a polymer chain represented by the following structural formula (3). 

Developer carrying member and developing unit

A developer bearing member is provided which can charge a toner stably and uniformly during the period from the initial stage to the terminal stage of extensive operation even in various environments. The developer bearing member includes a substrate and an electrically conductive resin coating layer formed on the surface thereof. The electrically conductive resin coating layer is formed from a resin composition containing a phenolic resin having in its structure at least one of an &#x2014;NHgroup, an &#x2550;NH group and an &#x2014;NH&#x2014; linkage, a quaternary phosphonium salt and electrically conductive fine particles and the resin composition contains 1 part by mass or more and 60 parts by mass or less of the quaternary phosphonium salt with respect to 100 parts by mass of the phenolic resin.

Developer bearing member and process for producing same, development apparatus and development method

A developer carrying member having less environmental dependence is provided. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a resin layer, which resin layer contains an acrylic resin; the acrylic resin having a unit (1) represented by the following formula (1) and a unit (2) represented by the following formula (2). In the formula (1), Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Rrepresents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and an asterisk * represents the part of linkage to the part shown by a double asterisk ** in the formula (2). In the formula (2), Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Rrepresents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atom(s); R, Rand Reach represent an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; Arepresents an anion. 

Developer carrying member, method for its production, and developing assembly

The present invention relates to a developer carrying member which includes a substrate and the resin layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the resin layer is obtained by thermally curing the coating material composition including at least the following (A) to (E): (A) a thermosetting resin as a binder resin; (B) an alcohol as a solvent, containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; (C) a resin including the unit represented by the following formula (1); (D) graphitized carbon black having a graphite (002) lattice spacing of 0.3370 nm or more and 0.3450 nm or less as measured by X-ray diffraction; and (E) acid carbon black having a pH of 5.0 or less: 

Developer carrying member, and developing apparatus using same

The present invention provides a developer carrying member capable of maintaining excellent charge imparting property even under long-term use. The present invention relates to a developer carrying member including a substrate and a resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes an acrylic resin having three specific structural units and electroconductive particles.

Developer carrying member, method for manufacturing same and developing apparatus

A developer carrying member and a developing assembly are provided which can stably provide the toner with triboelectric charges, may prevent any problems such as image density decrease, density non-uniformity and spots around images even during running on a large number of sheets, and can enjoy a stable and good developing performance. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a resin layer, and the resin layer containing a thermosetting resin, an acrylic resin having specific units and electroconductive particles.

Developer carrying member and developing assembly

A developer carrying member is disclosed which can stably provide toners with triboelectric charges even in various environments. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a resin layer as a surface layer formed on the surface of the substrate, and the resin layer contains a thermosetting resin as a binder resin, an acrylic resin having two units having specific structures, and conductive particles.

Developer carrying member and developing apparatus

A developing apparatus is provided which can suppress a fluctuation in image density in a discontinuous printing mode provided with a pause period. The developing apparatus includes a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum, a developer bearing member for carrying and conveying the developer and a developer layer thickness-regulating unit placed close to the developer bearing member for regulating the amount of the developer carried and conveyed by the developer bearing member, the developer layer thickness-regulating unit being. As the developer, a negatively chargeable, one-component, magnetic toner is used having magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide particle, and has a specific saturation magnetization, specific weight-average particle diameter and specific composition. The developer bearing member includes a surface layer containing a binder resin, a quaternary ammonium salt, graphitized particles, and conductive, spherical resin particles, and has a specific surface shape.

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Suntou-gun, Japan

Takuma Matsuda