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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Noriaki Kuroda, Suntoh-gun, JP;
Hisao Kato, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Toshinari Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiro Suzuki, Odawara, JP;
Takumi Furukawa, Susono, JP;
Michitaka Kitahara, Numazu, JP;
Jun Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Nagata, Mishima, JP;
Masaki Ozawa, Mishima, JP;
Kazuyuki Shishitsuka, Tsukuba, JP;
Yoko Kuruma, Mishima, JP;
Noriaki Kuroda, Suntoh-gun, JP;
Hisao Kato, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Toshinari Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiro Suzuki, Odawara, JP;
Takumi Furukawa, Susono, JP;
Michitaka Kitahara, Numazu, JP;
Jun Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Nagata, Mishima, JP;
Masaki Ozawa, Mishima, JP;
Kazuyuki Shishitsuka, Tsukuba, JP;
Yoko Kuruma, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging member is provided in which a toner, an additive for use in the toner, or the like is hard to adhere to the surface even under repeated use for a long time, and hence the charging and image output are made stable for a long time even if the charging member is used in the DC contact charging method. Also provided are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the charging member. The charging member includes a support, a conductive elastic layer formed on the support, and a surface layer formed on the conductive elastic layer, characterized in that the surface layer contains a polysiloxane having a fluoroalkyl group and an oxyalkylene group, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the charging member.