Electrophotographic photoconductor, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An electrophotographic photoconductor comprising:
- a substrate;
a charge generating layer; and
a charge transporting layer,the charge generating layer and the charge transporting layer being disposed over the substrate,wherein the charge transporting layer contains a charge transporting material represented by General Formula (I) below, an additive represented by General Formula (II) below and a binder resin prepared by mixing a polycarbonate resin represented by General Formula (III) below with a polycarbonate copolymer resin represented by a combination of Structural Formulae (A), (B) and (C) below;
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Abstract
To provide an electrophotographic photoconductor including: a substrate; a charge generating layer; and a charge transporting layer, the charge generating layer and the charge transporting layer being disposed over the substrate, wherein the charge transporting layer contains a charge transporting material represented by General Formula (I) below and an additive represented by General Formula (II) below:
where R1, R2 and R3 each independently denote any one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may contain a substituent, and an alkoxy group which may contain a substituent,
where R4 and R5 each denote a tertiary butyl group, and R6 and R7 each independently denote one of an alkyl group which may contain a substituent, and an aryl group which may contain a substituent.
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17 Claims
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1. An electrophotographic photoconductor comprising:
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a substrate; a charge generating layer; and a charge transporting layer, the charge generating layer and the charge transporting layer being disposed over the substrate, wherein the charge transporting layer contains a charge transporting material represented by General Formula (I) below, an additive represented by General Formula (II) below and a binder resin prepared by mixing a polycarbonate resin represented by General Formula (III) below with a polycarbonate copolymer resin represented by a combination of Structural Formulae (A), (B) and (C) below; - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an electrophotographic photoconductor; and a developing unit configured to develop a latent electrostatic image, formed on the electrophotographic photoconductor, with a toner so as to form a visible image, wherein the electrophotographic photoconductor comprises a substrate, a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer, the charge generating layer and the charge transporting layer being disposed over the substrate, and wherein the charge transporting layer contains a charge transporting material represented by General Formula (I) below, an additive represented by General Formula (II) below and a binder resin prepared by mixing a polycarbonate resin represented by General Formula (III) below with a polycarbonate copolymer resin represented by a combination of Structural Formulae (A), (B) and (C) below;
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17. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an electrophotographic photoconductor; a latent electrostatic image forming unit configured to form a latent electrostatic image on the electrophotographic photoconductor; a developing unit configured to develop the latent electrostatic image with a toner so as to form a visible image; a transfer unit configured to transfer the visible image onto recording medium; and a fixing unit configured to fix the visible image transferred onto the recording medium, wherein the electrophotographic photoconductor comprises a substrate, a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer, the charge generating layer and the charge transporting layer being disposed over the substrate, and wherein the charge transporting layer contains a charge transporting material represented by General Formula (I) below, an additive represented by General Formula (II) below and a binder resin prepared by mixing a polycarbonate resin represented by General Formula below with a polycarbonate copolymer resin represented by a combination of Structural Formulae (A), (B) and (C) below;
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