IP Library Granted Patent US 10,670,997
Granted Patent B2
US 10,670,997 · App. 16/557,265 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Intermediate transfer body, method for manufacturing intermediate transfer body, and image forming device

Inventors: Akihiro Honya (Musashino, JP); Kazunori Kurimoto (Chofu, JP); Teruo Sasaki (Hino, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
G03G15/162G03G13/16
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Patent No.
US 10,670,997
App. No.
16/557,265
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An intermediate transfer body used in an electrophotographic image forming device includes: at least a substrate layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer is formed by a cured product obtained by curing a coating liquid containing a curable compound, an inorganic filler, and a fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group, and the surface layer has a pure water contact angle of 75° or more and 90° or less.

Claims (33)

1. An intermediate transfer body used in an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising

at least a substrate layer and a surface layer, wherein

the surface layer is formed by a cured product obtained by curing a coating liquid containing a curable compound, an inorganic filler, and a fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group,

the surface layer has a pure water contact angle of 75° or more and 90° or less,

the curable compound contains a curable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group, and

the fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group has a (meth)acryloyl group.

2. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , wherein the surface layer has a pure water contact angle of 75° or more and 85° or less.

3. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , wherein the coating liquid contains the fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group in an amount of 0.01 parts by volume or more and 0.20 parts by volume or less with respect to the sum of the curable compound and the fluorine-based surfactant.

4. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , wherein the coating liquid contains the fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group in an amount of 0.01 parts by volume or more and 0.10 parts by volume or less with respect to the sum of the curable compound and the fluorine-based surfactant.

5. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler is formed by metal oxide fine particles.

6. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 5 , wherein the metal oxide fine particles have surfaces surface-modified with a reactive group having a structure represented by the following general formula (1):

[Chemical formula 1]

CH 2 ═C(R 1 )COO(CH 2 ) n Si—  (1)

where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents an integer of 3 to 6.

7. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , wherein

the curable compound contains a polyfunctional monomer having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups, and

the polyfunctional monomer has a (meth)acryloyl group equivalent of 150 g/eq or more and 250 g/eq or less.

8. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , wherein

the curable compound contains a monofunctional monomer represented by the following general formula (2):

[Chemical formula 2]

CH 2 ═O(R 2 )COO(CH 2 ) m CH 3   (2)

where R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and m represents an integer of 14 to 20.

9. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 8 , wherein the coating liquid contains the monofunctional monomer represented by the general formula (2) in an amount of 5 parts by volume or more and 20 parts by volume or less with respect to 100 parts by volume of the sum of the curable compound and the inorganic filler.

10. The intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , wherein the coating liquid contains the inorganic filler in an amount of 10 parts by volume or more and 30 parts by volume or less with respect to 100 parts by volume of the sum of the curable compound and the inorganic filler.

11. A method for manufacturing the intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 , comprising

applying a surface layer forming coating liquid to an outer peripheral surface of a substrate layer while rotating the substrate layer using a nozzle to form the surface layer, wherein

the surface layer forming coating liquid contains the curable compound, the inorganic filler, and the fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group.

12. An image forming device comprising the intermediate transfer body according to claim 1 .

13. An intermediate transfer body used in an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising

at least a substrate layer and a surface layer, wherein

the surface layer is formed by a cured product obtained by curing a coating liquid containing a curable compound, an inorganic filler, and a fluorine-based surfactant having a reactive group, the surface layer has a pure water contact angle of 75° or more and 90° or less,

the inorganic filler is formed by metal oxide fine particles, and

the metal oxide fine particles have surfaces surface-modified with a reactive organic group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: HONYA, AKIHIRO; KURIMOTO, KAZUNORI; SASAKI, TERUO
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-170531 · Sep 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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