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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Ishii, Mishima, JP;
Minoru Nakamura, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Morishita, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kenta Matsunaga, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0808 (2013.01); G03G 15/0818 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0861 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides developing member superior in triboelectric charge imparting ability to a toner. The developing member includes a substrate and a surface layer, the surface layer containing alumina particles and a resin, the surface layer having protrusions on the surface thereof. Each of the protrusions containing the alumina particles, part or all of the alumina particles being exposed at the surfaces of the protrusions, and the resin being interposed among the alumina particles.