# US 10,503,094 B2 · Development roller

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- Number: US 10,503,094 B2
- Document ID: US10503094B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/186,608
- Filed: 2018-11-12
- Published: 2019-07-25
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2018-01-23
- Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Applicants: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Inventors: Daijiro Suzuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503094B2

## CPC

- G03G 15/0818: {characterised by the structure of the donor member, e.g. surface properties}
- G03G 2215/0861: Particular composition or materials
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

Provided is a development roller which is capable of improving a black solid density and a 2-dot density simultaneously to form a satisfactory image with excellent contrast and thin line reproducibility. A development roller includes a roller body that contains a tubular inner layer consisting of an elastic material and an outer layer consisting of an elastic material, a roller resistance value R1 (Ω, an applied voltage of 400 V) in a state when there is only the inner layer satisfies formula (1): 6.5≤log R1≤9.5 (1), and a volume resistivity R2 (Ω·cm, an applied voltage of 400 V) in a state when there is only the outer layer satisfies formula (2): log R2≤9.0 (2).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A development roller comprising a roller body, wherein the roller body comprises a tubular inner layer which consists of an elastic material and an outer layer which consists of an elastic material and is laminated on an outer periphery surface of the inner layer, the outer layer consists of a cross-linked product of a rubber composition, wherein the rubber composition of the outer layer contains an epichlorohydrin rubber and a diene rubber, and a roller resistance value R1 (Ω, an applied voltage of 400 V) in a state when there is only the inner layer satisfies formula (1):
6.5≤log R1≤9.5 (1),
and a volume resistivity R2 (Ω·cm, an applied voltage of 400 V) in a state when there is only the outer layer satisfies formula (2):
log R2≤9.0 (2).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The development roller according to claim 1, wherein the inner layer consists of a cross-linked product of a rubber composition containing a diene rubber, an ethylene propylene diene rubber, and carbon black.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The development roller according to claim 1, wherein the roller body further comprises an oxide film arranged on an outer periphery surface of the outer layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The development roller according to claim 2, wherein the roller body further comprises an oxide film arranged on an outer periphery surface of the outer layer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The development roller according to claim 1, wherein a roller resistance value R3 (Ω, an applied voltage of 400 V) of the roller body including the inner layer and the outer layer satisfies formula (3):
5.0≤log R3≤8.7 (3).

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The development roller according to claim 1, wherein the inner layer consists of a cross-linked product of a rubber composition containing an isoprene rubber, an ethylene propylene diene rubber, and carbon black.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The development roller according to claim 1, wherein the diene rubber of the outer layer contains a chloroprene rubber and an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The development roller according to claim 7, wherein a combination ratio of the epichlorohydrin rubber is from 10 parts by mass or more to 50 parts by mass or less with respect to a total amount of 100 parts by mass of rubber.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The development roller according to claim 8, wherein a combination ratio of the chloroprene rubber is from 5 parts by mass or more to 15 parts by mass or less with respect to a total amount of 100 parts by mass of rubber.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The development roller according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the outer layer is from 0.1 mm or more to 2 mm or less.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The development roller according to claim 1, wherein the rubber composition of the outer layer further contains an ionic salt, wherein the ionic salt is a salt of an anion and a cation having a fluoro group and a sulphonyl group in the molecule.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The development roller according to claim 11, wherein a combination ratio of the ionic salt is from 0.5 parts by mass or more to 2 parts by mass or less with respect to a total amount of 100 parts by mass of rubber.