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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Satoru Yamada, Numazu, JP;
Norifumi Muranaka, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Kikuchi, Susono, JP;
Tetsuo Hino, Yamato, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To suppress an image trouble resulting from abnormal discharge independent of the use conditions and use environment of an electroconductive member, provided is an electroconductive member to be used while being brought into contact with a body to be contacted, the electroconductive member comprising a layer of a network structural body on an outer peripheral surface of a electroconductive support, in which: when a surface of the network structural body in a surface of the electroconductive member is observed, at least a part of the network structural body exists in an arbitrary square region having one side length of 200 μm; the network structural body contains non-electroconductive fibers; and an average fiber diameter of a top 10% of fiber diameters of the non-electroconductive fibers measured at arbitrary points is 0.2 μm or more and 15 μm or less.