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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Masahide Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nakai, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Yura, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Iio, Yokohama, JP;
Shinya Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masahide Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nakai, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Yura, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Iio, Yokohama, JP;
Shinya Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an image bearing member protecting agent that includes at least a hydrophobic organic compound and an amphiphile organic compound. Preferred embodiments are that the hydrophobic organic compound is a hydrocarbon wax, and the hydrocarbon wax is at least a wax selected from normal paraffins, isoparaffins, and cycloparaffins; and that the amphiphile organic compound is an polyalcohol esterified compound including a nonionic surface active surfactant, and the nonionic surface active surfactant is an alkyl carboxylic acid represented by a structural formula, CHCOOH.