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US 2013/0094884 A1Published application
Charging member and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinobu Okumura, Masaki Sunaga, Yuichi Hashimoto
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Abstract
This invention provides a charging member exhibiting high electrical charge injection efficiency. The charging member has an electro conductive base and an electro conductive fiber, one end of which is connected to the base, in which the fiber contains a plurality of carbon nanotubes which are entangled, and the carbon nanotubes are exposed at the tip portion of the fiber.
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A charging member, comprising:
- an electro conductive base;
- and
- an electro conductive fiber, one end of which is connected to the base, wherein:
- said fiber contains a plurality of carbon nanotubes which are entangled, and said carbon nanotubes are exposed at a tip portion of said fiber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.