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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Unno, Shizuoka, JP;
Kosuke Fukudome, Tokyo, JP;
Dai Nozaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kozue Uratani, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuta Komiya, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiro Kurachi, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic apparatus having an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a charging unit, and a developing unit for forming a toner image, wherein the charging unit has a conductive member disposed to be contactable with the electrophotographic photosensitive member, a conductive layer at the surface of the conductive member has a matrix-domain structure, at least a portion of the domains is exposed at the outer surface of the conductive member, the outer surface of the conductive member is constituted at least of the matrix and these domains, a volume resistivity R1 of the matrix is greater than 1.00×10Ω·cm, a volume resistivity R2 of the domains is less than R1, Martens hardness G1 of the matrix and Martens hardness G2 of the domains satisfy a prescribed relationship, and an onset temperature T(A) for a storage elastic modulus E' of the toner is not more than 80.0° C.