Electrophotography – Image formation – Photoconductive member
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-05
2006-09-05
Brase, Sandra L. (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Image formation
Photoconductive member
Reexamination Certificate
active
07103301
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a movable body to be charged and a charger including a charging member that contacts or adjoins the body to be charged and applies a voltage, including an AC component, to the charging member for thereby charging the body. A protection substance for protecting the surface of the body from deterioration ascribable to charging is caused to exist on the body. The number of particular elements, contained in the protection substance and detected by an X-ray photon spectral analyzer (XPS) in a zone where the charging member charges the body, is held in a particular ratio to the total number of all elements constituting the outermost surface of the body and also detected by the XPS.
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Matsuura Nekka
Nakai Hiroshi
Ohshima Kohichi
Suzuki Yasuo
Tamoto Nozomu
Brase Sandra L.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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