Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus

• US 6,372,397 B1
• Filed: 12/30/1999
• Issued: 04/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Uematsu, Hiroki, Amamiya, Shoji, Sekiya, Michiyo, Kikuchi, Toshihiro, Maruyama, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): Dote, Janis L.
• Application Number:
  US09/475,180
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 430/56, 430/59.6, 430/96, 430/66, 430/67, 430/130, 399/116, 399/159
• US Class Current: 430/59.6
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/047 characterised by the charge-generation layers or charge transport layers G03G5/0433 and G03G5/0436 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/0589 Macromolecular compounds characterised by specific side-chain substituents or end groups
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/0592 Macromolecular compounds characterised by their structure or by their chemical properties, e.g. block polymers, reticulated polymers, molecular weight, acidity

Abstract

An electrophotographic photosensitive member is constituted by a support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the support. The photosensitive layer comprises a charge-transporting material and a resin obtained by radiation curing of a compound having a functional group represented by the following formula (1):

wherein Ar denotes a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group and R₁ denotes a hydrogen atom or methyl group.

Claims

1. An electrophotographic photosensitive member, comprising:

a support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a charge-transporting material and a resin obtained by radiation curing of a monomer compound having two or more functional groups each represented by the following formula (1);

wherein Ar denotes a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group and R, denotes a hydrogen atom or methyl group, said monomer compound being free from a charge-transporting property.

2. A member according to claim 1, wherein Ar is an arylene group obtained by subtracting two hydrogen atoms from benzene, naphthalene, anthracene or pyrene.

3. A member according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive layer has a relative dielectric constant of at most 4.0.

4. A member according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive layer has a relative dielectric constant of at most 3.0.

5. A member according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive layer comprises a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, and the charge transport layer comprises said charge-transporting material and said resin.

6. A member according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive layer is formed by applying a solution containing said monomer compound and irradiating said monomer compound with a radiation.

7. A member according to claim 6, wherein said solution further contains a charge-transporting material.

8. A member according to claim 1, wherein said radiation is an electron beam.

9. A member according to claim 8, wherein said electron beam is irradiated at an acceleration voltage of at most 250 kV.

10. A member according to claim 9, wherein said acceleration voltage is at most 150 kV.

11. A member according to claim 8, wherein said electron beam is irradiated at a dose of 1-100 Mrad.

12. A member according to claim 11, wherein said dose is 3-50 Mrad.

13. A process cartridge, comprising:

an electrophotographic photosensitive member and at least one means selected from the group consisting of charging means, developing means and cleaning means;

said electrophotographic photosensitive member and said at least one means being integrally supported and detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic apparatus, wherein said electrophotographic photosensitive member is an electrophotographic photosensitive member according to claim 1.

14. An electrophotographic apparatus, comprising:

an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and charging means, exposure means, developing means and transfer means respectively disposed opposite to the electrophotographic photosensitive member,

wherein said electrophotographic photosensitive member is an electrophotographic photosensitive member according to claim 1.