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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Hotomi, Osaka, JP;
Izumi Osawa, Osaka, JP;
Syuji Iino, Osaka, JP;
Isao Doi, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 58 ; 430 84 ; 430 95 ;
Abstract
A photosensitive member comprising an electrically conductive substrate, a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer comprising amorphous carbon which contains hydrogen. The charge transporting layer contains about 0.1 to about 10 atomic % of chalcogen atoms or transition metal elements based on all the constituent atoms therein. The photosensitive member of this construction is excellent in electrophotographic characteristics inclusive of charge transportability and charging ability.