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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1996
Tomoyuki Shimada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masaomi Sasaki, Susono, JP;
Tamotsu Aruga, Mishima, JP;
Masafumi Ohta, Susono, JP;
Mitsutoshi Anzai, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Imai, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic photoconductor includes an electroconductive substrate, and a photoconductive layer formed thereon containing at least one tertiary amine compound of formula (I) as an effective component: ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.3 each is an aryl group which may have a substituent; Ar.sup.2 is a bivalent group of a carboxylic aromatic compound or a bivalent group of a heterocyclic compound; R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent or an alkoxy group which may have a substituent; and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent or an aryl group which may have a substituent. A novel triphenylamine compound for use in the electrophotographic photoconductor is provided.