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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1993
Yuji Yoshikawa, Annaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Takarada, Takasaki, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a coating agent for an electrophotographic carrier comprising as a major component a copolymer of at least one monomer selected from the organopolysiloxanes represented by the following general formulas 1, 2, and 3 with other polymerizable monomer: ##STR1## wherein the general formulas 1, 2, and 3, R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group; R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl or phenyl group; R.sup.3 is R.sup.2 or CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R.sup.1)COOC.sub.3 H.sub.6 ; n, p, and q are defined as n.gtoreq.3, p.gtoreq.0, q.gtoreq.3, and p<q; and r is an integer of 2-20. The coating agent for an electrophotographic carrier resists the formation of wear, peeling, cracks, and the like, which can also prevent the spent condition from occurring and thus, permits use over a long period of time; and it provides a long-life electrophotographic carrier in which the carrier charge characteristics exhibit low temperature dependency.