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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Kazukiyo Nagai, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuuji Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuro Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuusuke Koizuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazukiyo Nagai, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuuji Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuro Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuusuke Koizuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image bearing member includes a substrate, and a photosensitive layer overlying the substrate, wherein an uppermost surface layer of the image bearing member has a hydrocarbon compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and a three-dimensionally cross-linked polymer formed by polymerization reaction of a charge transport compound having three or more [tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy]methyl groups linked with aromatic rings, wherein, in the polymerization reaction, part of the three or more [(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy]methyl groups is severed and detached from the charge transport compound,Ph-Q-Ph-Q-Ph  Chemical Formula 1