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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2001
Hitoshi Kakii, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshimitsu Nakazawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Kan Ikeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Daisuke Yamada, Ibaraki, JP;
Mie Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A charging member includes a conductive mandrel, a semiconductive foamed elastic layer provided on the periphery of the mandrel, and a functional double-layer film provided on the periphery of the semiconductive foamed elastic layer. The semiconductive foamed elastic layer is a layer formed by making the mandrel and a semiconductive rubber composition standing uncured and unfoamed pass through a crosshead die of an extruder to set the composition on the periphery of the mandrel, followed by curing and foaming. The semiconductive rubber composition has a Mooney viscosity of from 15 to 30 and has a curing percentage of 40% or less when the foaming pressure reaches 50%. The functional double-layer film is a double-layer tube having a thin layer such that a tube formed out of only the layer is hard to use for covering. Also disclosed are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have such a charging member.