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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399308 ; 430126 ;
Abstract
An intermediate transfer member for use in image forming apparatus which produce images by transferring a toner image formed on an image-bearing member to an intermediate transfer member, and transferring the toner image held on said intermediate transfer member to a recording medium. The intermediate transfer member comprises at least three layers of a conductive substrate, intermediate layer, and surface layer, and the volume resistivity of said surface layer is lower than the volume resistivity of said intermediate layer.