Electrostatographic imaging members
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorRobert C. U. Yu
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Abstract
An electrostatographic imaging member including at least one imaging layer capable of retaining an electrostatic latent image, a supporting substrate layer having an electrically conductive surface and an electrically conductive ground strip layer adjacent the electrostatographic imaging layer and in electrical contact with the electrically conductive surface, the electrically conductive ground strip layer comprising a homogeneous dispersion of conductive particles and solid organic particles in a film forming binder, the organic particles having a low surface energy and an average particle size less than the thickness of the strip layer. This imaging member may fabricated by ultrasonic welding techniques and may be employed in an electrostatographic imaging process.
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An electrostatographic imaging member comprising at least one imaging layer capable of retaining an electrostatic latent image, a supporting substrate layer having an electrically conductive surface and an electrically conductive ground strip layer adjacent said electrostatographic imaging layer and in electrical contact with said electrically conductive surface, said electrically conductive ground strip layer having a volume resistivity of less than about 1.times.10.sup.8 ohm cm and comprising a homogeneous dispersion of conductive particles and between about 1 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight of solid organic particles, based on the total weight of the total dry weight of said ground strip layer, uniformly dispersed in a film forming binder, said organic particles having a surface energy of less than about 34 dynes/cm, a hardness less than about 3.5 Mohs and a particle size of between about 0.1 micrometer and about 5 micrometers.
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