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US 2011/0213097 A1Published application
Electrophotographic belt and electrophotographic apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroomi Kojima, Kouichi Uchida
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electrophotographic belt excellent in surface lubrication property and smoothness. The electrophotographic belt includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyalkylene terephthalate and a polyalkylene naphthalate, and a thermoplastic silicone elastomer having a specific structure.
Claims5
An electrophotographic belt comprising:
- (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyalkylene terephthalate and a polyalkylene naphthalate;
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- (B) a thermoplastic silicone elastomer having a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (I):
- wherein R1 to R4 independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms;
- X represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms;
- a is an integer of 2 to 10;
- and b is an integer of 1 to 4,000.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.