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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Electroconductive member for electrophotography, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Yamada, Numazu, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Norifumi Muranaka, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Hino, Yamato, JP;
Yuichi Kikuchi, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 5/00 (2006.01); H01B 1/20 (2006.01); H01B 5/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 5/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/0233 (2013.01); H01B 1/20 (2013.01); H01B 5/02 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00957 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electroconductive member of the present invention includes an electroconductive support layer and a surface layer formed on the circumference of the electroconductive support layer and having a network structure containing an electroconductive fiber, and the electroconductive fiber has ion conductivity, and has an arithmetic mean value of top 10% fiber diameters of 0.2 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less. The surface layer always satisfies specific conditions.