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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Koji Takagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tokuo Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kawagoe, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takashi Kitamura, Musashimurayama, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a toner support for preventing occurrence of an image failure such as stain, uneven image density, and fogging on a white image as much as possible, thereby certainly forming a high quality image enough to keep up with formation of a color image. The toner support is characterized in that the maximum value of a surface potential of the toner support, which is measured after an elapse of 0.35 sec since the surface of the toner support is charged by generating a corona discharge by means of applying a voltage of 8 kV to a corona discharger disposed apart from the surface of the toner support by 1 mm, is in a range of 90 V or less, and that the absolute value of a surface potential decay rate of the toner support, which is measured at an elapse of 0.2 sec after charges are imparted on the surface of the toner support by generating a corona discharge by means of applying a voltage of 8 kV to a corona discharger disposed apart from the surface of the toner support by 1 mm, is in a range of 0.1 V/sec or more.