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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Hoshio, Kanagawa, JP;
Taketoshi Hoshizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Miura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Narita, Kanagawa, JP;
Jiro Korenaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Niida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Kinuta, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging member includes a conductive base material and a conductive outermost layer provided on the conductive base material, wherein the conductive outermost layer has a ten-point average surface roughness Rz of 2 μm to 20 μm and contains a resin and particles in which particles having a particle diameter of 5.0 μm or more and a circularity of 0.8 or less are 30% by number or less with respect to the total number of particles having a particle diameter of 5.0 μm or more and particles having a particle diameter of less than 5.0 μm and a circularity of 0.8 or less are from 20% by number to 80% by number with respect to the total number of particles having a particle diameter of less than 5.0 μm.