Seikosha Co., Ltd.

Yutaka Kanai

Tetsuro Konno

Tetsuya Fujita

The electrophotographic recording apparatus includes a photo-sensitive member comprises of a transparent support plate, a transparent electrode formed on the support, a transparent electrode layer formed on the photoconductive layer, and floating electrodes formed on the photoconductive layer. The floating electrodes are composed of small plural electrode segments independently and electrically insulatively separated from each other. These electrode segments may be separated from each other by insulating partition walls. The photosensitive member is suitable for use in an electrophotographic recording system of directly transferring charged toner onto a recording paper.

Electrophotographic recording system

Disclosed is an electrophotographic recording apparatus comprising a pair of toner containers for accommodating a toner, a photosensitive member constituted by a transparent substratum, a transparent electrode and a photoconductive layer, a light irradiating means for irradiating this photosensitive member with light such as a laser beam from the transparent substratum side (rear surface side) thereof, and a transfering means. With this apparatus, an area required for the photosensitive device can be made small, a long durable life of the photosensitive member can be ensured, and no special toner is required.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Kanai