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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhiko Kinuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Tomari, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroko Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Narita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0233 (2013.01); G03G 15/0225 (2013.01); G03G 21/1835 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging member includes a conductive substrate, an elastic layer disposed on the conductive substrate, and a surface layer disposed on the elastic layer. Regarding the surface of the surface layer, in the axial direction, the ratio of the mean spacing of profile irregularities Sm to the ten-point mean roughness Rz and the reduced peak height Spk respectively satisfy 15≤Sm/Rz≤35 and Spk≤5 μm.