Photoconductor member with bound silicone oil
View Patent ↗A charge transfer layer system that encapsulates or surrounds high viscosity silicone oils (polysiloxanes) using silicone microspheres, fluoropolymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene or inorganic particles such as silica, or metal soaps (zinc stearate). The encapsulation of the silicone oil results in aggregation or agglomeration of the silicone microspheres, fluoropolymers, or inorganic particles. The silicone oils have viscosity greater than 10,000 centistokes (cs) and the particles are about 6 μm or less.
1. A photoconductor for use in electrophotographic imaging comprising a charge generation region and an outer, charge transport region responsive to charge from said charge generation region during imaging, said charge transport region comprising a blend of a resin binder, a charge transport material, an amount in the range of about 0.2 percent and about 1 percent by weight of the weight of said charge transport region of a silicone oil of viscosity of about 10,000 cs or greater, and about two percent by weight of the weight of said charge transport region of inert particles of primary particle size of about 6 μm or less.
2. The photoconductor member of claim 1 in which said silicone oil is in amount of about 1 percent by weight of the weight of said charge transport region.
3. The photoconductor member of claim 1 in which said silicone oils is in amount of about 0.2 percent by weight of the weight of said charge transport region.
4. The photoconductor member of claim 1 in which said inert particles are silicone microspheres.
5. The photoconductor member of claim 2 in which said inert particles are silicone microspheres.
6. The photoconductor member of claim 3 in which said inert particles are silicone microspheres.
7. The photoconductor member of claim 4 in which said silicone microspheres have a primary particle size of about 2 microns.
8. The photoconductor of claim 5 in which said silicone microspheres have a primary particle size of about 2 microns.
9. The photoconductor of claim 6 in which said silicone microspheres have a primary particle size of about 2 microns.
10. The photoconductor member as in claim 1 in which said inert particles are polytetrafluoroethylene.
11. The photoconductor member as in claim 1 in which said inert particles are metal stearates.
12. The photoconductor member as in claim 11 in which said metal stearate is zinc stearate.
13. The photoconductor member as in claim 1 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl)siloxane.
14. The photoconductor member as in claim 2 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl)siloxane.
15. The photoconductor member as in claim 3 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl)siloxane.
16. The photoconductor member as in claim 4 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl)siloxane.
17. The photoconductor member as in claim 5 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl)siloxane.
18. The photoconductor member as in claim 6 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl)siloxane.
19. The photoconductor member as in claim 7 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl)siloxane.
20. The photoconductor member as in claim 8 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl) siloxane.
21. The photoconductor member as in claim 9 in which said silicone oil is poly(dimethyl-diphenyl) siloxane.
22. The photoconductor member as in claim 1 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
23. The photoconductor member as in claim 2 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
24. The photoconductor member as in claim 3 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
25. The photoconductor member as in claim 4 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
26. The photoconductor member as in claim 5 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
27. The photoconductor member as in claim 6 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
28. The photoconductor member as in claim 7 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
29. The photoconductor member as in claim 8 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.
30. The photoconductor member as in claim 9 in which said silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane-hydroxy terminated.