Solid lubricant, solid lubricant coater and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsTaiki Amemiya, Yukio Hosoya, Kunihiro Ogura
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a solid lubricant to be coated on an image bearing member included in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The solid lubricant contains a resin particle and metal soap. The resin particle includes a particle body containing an amorphous resin as a principal component, and a fluorine atom supported on a surface of the particle body. The resin particle is a particle having a volume average particle size of 70 nm or more. The solid lubricant can sufficiently increase a cleaning effect in the image forming apparatus.
Claims10
A solid lubricant to be coated on an image bearing member included in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, comprising:
- resin particles and metal soap,
- wherein the resin particles are contained within the metal soap,
- each of the resin particles includes a particle body containing an amorphous resin as a principal component, and a compound containing a fluorine atom supported on a surface of the particle body, and
- the resin particles have a volume average particle size of 70 nm or more.
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