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AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsToshiaki Shimomura, Yoshikazu Ueno, Hiroshi Akabane
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A high performance conductive endless belt and an image forming apparatus using the same are provided, the conductive endless belt having superior strength, in particular, superior folding endurance, stable and appropriate electrical resistance even in high voltage application, less voltage dependence of electrical resistance, and superior durability in image output and transfer efficiency. The conductive endless belt is formed by adding a high molecular weight ionic conductive agent and a fluorinated surfactant to a base material selected from the group consisting of (a) a thermoplastic PA, (b) an ABS resin, (c) a thermoplastic POM, (d) a polymer alloy or a polymer blend containing at least two of the above (a) to (c), and (e) a polymer alloy or a polymer blend containing a thermoplastic resin and at least one of the above (a) to (c).
A conductive endless belt used for a tandem type transfer and transport system in which the conductive endless belt is circularly driven by a drive member so as to transport a recording medium held by the belt using electrostatic adsorption to four types of image forming members, and in which respective toner images provided thereon are sequentially transferred onto the recording medium, the conductive endless belt comprising:
A conductive endless belt used as an intermediate transfer member which is disposed between an image forming member and a recording medium, is circularly driven by a drive member, temporarily holds toner images which are transferred from the surface of the image forming member, and transfers the toner images onto the recording medium, the conductive endless belt comprising:
A conductive endless belt used as a tandem type intermediate transfer member which is disposed between four types of image forming members and a recording medium, is circularly driven by a drive member, temporarily holds toner images which are transferred from the surfaces of said four types of image forming members, and transfers the toner images onto the recording medium, the conductive endless belt comprising:
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