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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kouichi Etou, Toyokawa, JP;
Wanli Zhang, Toyokawa, JP;
Junji Kanda, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ota, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 29/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 29/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/162 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intermediate transfer belt used for an image forming apparatus of an electrophotographic system includes: an elastic layer; and a surface layer formed on the elastic layer, wherein stress relief time τ [ms] of a material used for the elastic layer and hardness H [MPa] of the surface layer satisfy a first condition that 0.48<τ<0.75 and 50<H<6275τ−13820τ+10140τ−2330 or a second condition that 0.75≦τ and 50<H<150.