Electrophotography – Image formation – Photoconductive member
Patent
1999-05-28
2000-12-19
Brase, Sandra
Electrophotography
Image formation
Photoconductive member
399265, 399286, G03G 1500, G03G 1508
Patent
active
06163669&
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus including a cylindrical image carrier configured to carry an electrostatic latent image while rotating, and a cylindrical developer carrier configured to bear a developer and supply the developer to the image carrier by contacting the image carrier at a nip while rotating, wherein the surface of the image carrier has a friction coefficient of from about 0.1 to about 0.4. The image carrier may be an endless belt.
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Aoki Katsuhiro
Hodoshima Takashi
Matsumoto Jun-ichi
Matsushiro Hiroyuki
Brase Sandra
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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