# US 7,085,518 B2 · Adhesive material for processing device, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,085,518 B2 - Document ID: US7085518B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/806,817 - Filed: 2004-03-23 - Published: 2005-09-29 - Granted: 2006-08-01 - Earliest claimed: 2004-03-23 - Assignees: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. - Inventors: Yuuko Yamaguchi; Shigeki Takenouchi; Ken Ohmura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7085518B2 ## CPC - G03G 21/181: {Manufacturing or assembling, recycling, reuse, transportation, packaging or storage} - G03G 2221/1669: Details about used materials - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY ## Abstract An image forming apparatus comprising: a photoreceptor; and a plurality of processing devices to form an image, wherein at least one of the processing devices include a portion assembled by an adhesive material including a volatile gas component in an amount of 0.1–9 μg/cm2. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image forming apparatus comprising: a photoreceptor; and a plurality of processing devices to form an image, wherein at least one of the processing devices include a portion assembled by an adhesive material including a volatile gas component in an amount of 0.1–9 μg/cm2. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the adhesive material comprises monomer residue in an amount of 0.1–7.5 μg/cm2. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image forming apparatus of claim 2, wherein the adhesive material comprises solvent residue in an amount of 0.001–0.007 μg/cm2. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image forming apparatus of claim 3, comprising the processing devices of a charging device to charge the photoreceptor, an exposing device to form a latent image on the photoreceptor, a developing device to develop the latent image to form a toner image, a transferring device to transfer the toner image on an image support, a cleaning device to remove residual toner on the photoreceptor, a feeding device to feed the image support and a separating device to separate the image support with transferred toner image from the photoreceptor, and wherein at least one of the processing devices comprise the adhesive material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The image forming apparatus of claim 4, wherein the adhesive material comprises a support and an adhesive layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the adhesive material comprises solvent residue in an amount of 0.001–0.007 μg/cm2. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, comprising the processing devices of a charging device to charge the photoreceptor, an exposing device to form a latent image on the photoreceptor, a developing device to develop the latent image to form a toner image, a transferring device to transfer the toner image on an image support, a cleaning device to remove residual toner on the photoreceptor, a feeding device to feed the image support and a separating device to separate the image support with transferred toner image from the photoreceptor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, comprising the processing devices of a charging device to charge the photoreceptor, an exposing device to form a latent image on the photoreceptor, a developing device to develop the latent image to form a toner image, a transferring device to transfer the toner image on an image support, a cleaning device to remove residual toner on the photoreceptor, a feeding device to feed the image support and a separating device to separate the image support with transferred toner image from the photoreceptor, and wherein at least one of the processing devices comprise the adhesive material. ### Claim 9 A process cartridge comprising: a photoreceptor; and a processing device including a portion assembled by an adhesive material with a volatile gas component in an amount of 0.1 to 9 μg/cm2. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The process cartridge of claim 9, wherein the adhesive material comprises a monomer residue in an amount of 0.1–7.5 μg/cm2. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The process cartridge of claim 10, wherein the adhesive material comprises a solvent residue in an amount of 0.001–0.007 μg/cm2. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The process cartridge of claim 11, comprising a plurality of process devices which are selected from a charging device to charge the photoreceptor, an exposing device to form a latent image on the photoreceptor, a developing device to develop the latent image to form a toner image, a transferring device to transfer the toner image on an image support, a cleaning device to remove residual toner on the photoreceptor, a feeding device to feed the image support and a separating device to separate the image support with transferred toner image from the photoreceptor, and wherein at least one of the processing devices comprise the adhesive material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The process cartridge of claim 9, wherein the adhesive material comprises a solvent residue in an amount of 0.001–0.007 μg/cm2. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The process cartridge of claim 9, comprising the process devices selected from a charging device to charge the photoreceptor, an exposing device to form a latent image on the photoreceptor, a developing device to develop the latent image to form a toner image, a transferring device to transfer the toner image on an image support, a cleaning device to remove residual toner on the photoreceptor, a feeding device to feed the image support and a separating device to separate the image support with transferred toner image from the photoreceptor. ### Claim 15 A method for manufacturing an image forming apparatus having a photoreceptor and processing devices to form an image comprising: coupling a first portion and a second portion to form one of the processing devices with an adhesive material including a volatile gas component in an amount of 0.1 to 9 μg/cm2. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the adhesive material includes a support and an adhesive layer.