IP Library Granted Patent US 12,117,740
Granted Patent B2
US 12,117,740 · App. 17/616,024 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Charging roller and image forming apparatus

Inventors: Kaori Okumoto (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Otsuru (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Archem Inc.
G03G15/0233F16C13/00
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Patent No.
US 12,117,740
App. No.
17/616,024
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a charging roller that can achieve excellent image quality and prevent detachment of particles in its surface layer. A charging roller 1 comprises a shaft 2 and, on an outer circumferential side of the shaft 2 , at least a base layer 3 and a surface layer 4 , wherein the surface layer 4 contains a binder resin 41 and particles 42 , and the particles 42 contain 50 mass % or more of a same component A as at least one selected from components constituting the binder resin 41 , and a content of the particles in the surface layer is 30 parts to 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin.

Claims (11)

1. A charging roller comprising a shaft and, on an outer circumferential side of the shaft, at least a base layer and a surface layer that forms a roller surface,

wherein the surface layer contains a binder resin and particles, and the particles contain 50 mass % or more of a same component as at least one selected from components constituting the binder resin,

a content of the particles in the surface layer is 50 parts to 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin,

the particles contain an acrylic monomer as the same component as the at least one selected from the components constituting the binder resin, and

an average particle size of the particles is 3 μm to 30 μm.

2. The charging roller according to claim 1 , wherein the base layer contains an ultraviolet curable resin.

3. The charging roller according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic monomer contains a multifunctional acrylate.

4. The charging roller according to claim 3 , wherein the multifunctional acrylate is ethoxylated isocyanuric acid triacrylate.

5. The charging roller according to claim 2 , wherein the binder resin in the surface layer is formed by curing an ultraviolet curable resin composition containing an urethane acrylate oligomer, a photopolymerization initiator, a conducting agent, and an acrylic monomer.

6. The charging roller according to claim 1 , wherein the binder resin in the surface layer is formed by curing an ultraviolet curable resin composition containing an urethane acrylate oligomer, a photopolymerization initiator, a conducting agent, and an acrylic monomer.

7. An image forming apparatus comprising the charging roller according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ABSORPTION-TYPE COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
To: ARCHEM INC.
Reel/Frame 061328/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2021
From: OKUMOTO, KAORI; OTSURU, MAKOTO
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058272/0294 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-112083 · Jun 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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