Transfer belt and electrophotographic apparatus
AssigneeHitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyuuichi Shimizu, Takashi Nishimura, Kenichi Kugai, Masato Miwa, Masafumi Shimizu
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Abstract
A transfer belt for use in an electrophotographic apparatus for transporting an image support onto which a toner image formed on a surface of a photoconductor containing a photoconductive layer is transferred, and the transfer belt includes a surface layer formed from a coating liquid containing: a solvent; at least one kind of inorganic or organic fine particles dispersible in the solvent; and at least one kind of organic compound dissolved in the solvent. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic apparatus using the transfer belt.
Claims9
A transfer belt for use in an electrophotographic apparatus for transporting an image support onto which a toner image formed on the surface of a photoconductor comprising a photoconductive layer is transferred, which transfer belt comprises a base layer having thereon a surface layer formed from a coating liquid comprising:
- a solvent;
- at least one kind of inorganic or organic fine particles dispersible in the solvent;
- and
- at least one kind of organic compound soluble in the solvent;
- wherein a total coating amount of fine particles and organic compound is from 0.3 g to 20 g per 1000 cm.sup.2.
An electrophotographic apparatus comprising:
- a photoconductor comprising a photoconductive layer onto which a toner image is formed;
- and
- a transfer belt for transporting an image support onto which said toner image formed on the photoconductor is transferred,
- wherein said transfer belt comprises a surface layer formed from a coating liquid comprising:
- a solvent;
- at least one kind of inorganic or organic fine particles dispersible in the solvent;
- and at least one kind of organic compound soluble in the solvent;
- wherein a total coating amount of fine particles and organic compound is from 0.3 g to 20 g per 1000 cm.sup.2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.