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US 9,983,518 B2Granted
Intermediate transfer belt, image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHidetaka Kubo, Jun Aoto
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Abstract
An intermediate transfer belt, configured to receive a toner image formed by developing a latent image formed on an image bearing member with a toner, includes a base layer and an elastic layer. The elastic layer has an irregular surface formed with spherical particles, and the spherical particles include flexible particles having 0.1 MPa to 30 MPa of compressive strength and 15% to 50% of restoring ratio at the time of 10% deformation. Image forming apparatus. Image forming method.
Claims19
An intermediate transfer belt comprising:
- a base layer;
- and
- an elastic layer;
- wherein the elastic layer is located over the base layer and has an irregular surface comprising partially embedded spherical particles on a side opposite the base layer,
- wherein the spherical particles comprise flexible particles having 0.1 MPa to 30 MPa of compressive strength and 15% to 50% of restoring ratio at the time of 10% deformation,
- wherein the intermediate transfer belt is configured to receive a toner image formed by developing a latent image formed on an image bearing member with a toner on said irregular surface, and
- wherein the spherical particles further comprise hard particles having a compressive strength greater than 30 MPa and less than 15% of restoring ratio at the time of 10% deformation.
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