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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akihito Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic recording apparatus having a charging roller with a surface layer having a mixture of a resin and a hardener. The surface layer includes at least 10%, but less than 30%, by weight of the surface layer, of the hardener. This specific surface layer composition prevents the photosensitive drum, which is in contact with the charging roller, from becoming excessively charged. Furthermore, the amount of toner that adheres to the charging roller is reduced by circumferentially rotating the charging roller at a rate faster than the photosensitive drum.