18826519. ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC BELT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC BELT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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TOMOE Hirayanagi of Saitama JP
MASATSUGU Toyonori of Kanagawa JP
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC BELT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18826519 titled 'ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC BELT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An electrophotographic belt is provided, which includes a base layer having an endless shape, and a conductive layer in contact with the base layer, wherein the base layer contains a crystalline polyester, the conductive layer contains a crosslinked polyester urethane having a triazine ring in a molecule, and when 8 square observation regions each having a side length of 2.5 mm are placed in a circumferential direction of the electrophotographic belt, at least 6 observation regions among the 8 observation regions have a coefficient of variation of nanoindentation hardness of not more than 0.25.