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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co.,ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoconductor unit includes a photoconductor and an electrode. The photoconductor includes a base member that is cylindrical and has a hardness that decreases with increasing distance from a first end toward a second end in an axial direction, and a photosensitive layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the base member. The electrode is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of an open end portion of the base member at the first end.