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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1974
Hiromi Kameda, Toyokawa, JA;
Sanji Inagaki, Okazaki, JA;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JA;
Abstract
An electrophotographic copying machine of the image transfer type includes a roller for pressing the copy image receiving substrate into virtual contact with the electrostatic image carrying drum. The roller includes a metal shaft and an outer layer formed of an electroconductive elastic sponge material having a resistivity of 10.sup.2 to 10.sup.6 ohm/cm which varies inversely with the compression of the material. The sponge material is produced by soaking an open pore soft polymeric sponge matrix temporarily expandable when exposed to alcohol in a liquid composition containing 10 parts of a water dispersable resin binder, 2 to 7 parts of a fine electroconductive powder and 10 to 200 parts of alcohol, expressing the excess liquid and then drying the liquid composition.