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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Hongguo LI, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazukiyo Nagai, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaomi Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Nozomu Tamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Kawori Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hongguo Li, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazukiyo Nagai, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaomi Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Nozomu Tamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Kawori Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic photoconductor comprising at least an electroconductive support and a photoconductive layer which is formed on said electroconductive support, the outermost layer of the photoconductor contains particles comprising a polyorganosiloxane-containing phase which contains polyorganosiloxane and an organic polymer-containing phase which contains organic polymer without silicon and has a polyorganosiloxane content which is less than the polyorganosiloxane-containing phase, each phase being exposed at the top surface of the photoconductor.