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Granted Patent B2
US 11,215,937 · App. 17/226,057 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Charging roll or developing roll for electrophotographic device

Inventors: Kenta Nakazato (Aichi, JP); Shimpei Miyagawa (Aichi, JP); Takeru Horiuchi (Aichi, JP); Naoki Akira (Aichi, JP); Takenori Saito (Aichi, JP); Yoshihiro Saito (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
G03G15/0233C09D109/00C09D109/02F16C13/00G03G15/0808
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Patent No.
US 11,215,937
App. No.
17/226,057
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An elastic body layer is composed of a conductive rubber composition containing an isoprene rubber, a rubber other than the isoprene rubber, and carbon black. The elastic body layer is phase-separated into a first rubber phase containing the isoprene rubber and a second rubber phase containing the rubber other than the isoprene rubber; in the range of a 5 μm×5 μm square of an arbitrary cross section of the elastic body layer, the area ratio of the first rubber phase is within a range of 10 to 90%. The resistance value of the elastic body layer is within a range of 1.0×10 3 to 1.0×10 6 Ω. A surface layer contains an electronic conductive agent and a crosslinked body of at least one polyurethane resin of an ether polyurethane resin and a carbonate polyurethane resin, and the glass transition point of the surface layer is within a range of −10 to −70° C.

Claims (14)

1. A charging roll for an electrophotographic device, comprising:

a shaft body, an elastic body layer formed on the outer periphery of the shaft body, and a surface layer formed on the outer periphery of the elastic body layer;

wherein the elastic body layer is composed of a conductive rubber composition containing an isoprene rubber, a rubber other than the isoprene rubber, and carbon black;

the elastic body layer is phase-separated into a first rubber phase containing the isoprene rubber and a second rubber phase containing the rubber other than the isoprene rubber, wherein the rubber other than the isoprene rubber is an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber; in the range of a 5 μm×5 μm square of an arbitrary cross section of the elastic body layer, the area ratio of the first rubber phase with respect to a total of the first rubber phase and the second rubber phase is within a range of 10 to 90%, the carbon black is eccentrically located in the second rubber phase than in the first rubber phase;

the resistance value of the elastic body layer is within a range of 1.0×10 3 to 1.0×10 6 Ω, a surface roughness Sa of the elastic body layer is 0.05 to 1.6 μm;

the surface layer contains an electronic conductive agent, an associative thickener and a crosslinked body of at least one polyurethane resin of an ether polyurethane resin and a carbonate polyurethane resin, and the glass transition point of the surface layer is within a range of −10 to −70° C., the polyurethane resin of the surface layer is an aqueous polyurethane resin, the associative thickener has a nonionic hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group consisting of alkyl group, a content of the associated thickener in the composition constituting the surface layer is in a range of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aqueous polyurethane resin,

the surface layer contains particles for roughness formation, a line roughness Rz at a portion of the surface layer containing the particles for roughness formation is 5.0 to 15.0 μm, and a product Sz·Sm of the surface roughness Sz and the line roughness Sm at a portion of the surface layer that does not contain the particles for roughness formation is 7.5 to 250 μm.

2. A developing roll for an electrophotographic device, comprising:

a shaft body, an elastic body layer formed on the outer periphery of the shaft body, and a surface layer formed on the outer periphery of the elastic body layer;

wherein the elastic body layer is composed of a conductive rubber composition containing an isoprene rubber, a rubber other than the isoprene rubber, and carbon black;

the elastic body layer is phase-separated into a first rubber phase containing the isoprene rubber and a second rubber phase containing the rubber other than the isoprene rubber, wherein the rubber other than the isoprene rubber is an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber; in the range of a 5 μm×5 μm square of an arbitrary cross section of the elastic body layer, the area ratio of the first rubber phase with respect to a total of the first rubber phase and the second rubber phase is within a range of 10 to 90%, the carbon black is eccentrically located in the second rubber phase than in the first rubber phase;

the resistance value of the elastic body layer is within a range of 1.0×10 3 to 1.0×10 6 Ω, a surface roughness Sa of the elastic body layer is 0.05 to 1.6 μm;

the surface layer contains an electronic conductive agent, an associative thickener and a crosslinked body of at least one polyurethane resin of an ether polyurethane resin and a carbonate polyurethane resin, and the glass transition point of the surface layer is within a range of −10 to −70° C., the polyurethane resin of the surface layer is an aqueous polyurethane resin, the associative thickener has a nonionic hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group consisting of alkyl group, a content of the associated thickener in the composition constituting the surface layer is in a range of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aqueous polyurethane resin,

the surface layer contains particles for roughness formation, a line roughness Rz at a portion of the surface layer containing the particles for roughness formation is 5.0 to 15.0 μm, and a product Sz·Sm of the surface roughness Sz and the line roughness Sm at a portion of the surface layer that does not contain the particles for roughness formation is 7.5 to 250 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2021
From: NAKAZATO, KENTA; MIYAGAWA, SHIMPEI; HORIUCHI, TAKERU; AKIRA, NAOKI; SAITO, TAKENORI; SAITO, YOSHIHIRO
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-139955 · Jul 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020029195 · Jul 30, 2020
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