Charging member, charging device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019294073-A1
Application number	US-201816105317-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 20, 2018
Priority date	Mar 20, 2018
Publication date	Sep 26, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A charging member includes: a cylindrical or columnar conductive base material; and an elastic portion provided on the conductive base material, in which Re and Rc satisfy Re>Rc, where Re is an outer diameter of a charging member at a position of 5 mm from an axial end portion of an elastic portion, and Rc is the maximum value of an outer diameter of the charging member at an axial center of the elastic portion, and a cylindrical or columnar charging member has a value of Ac/Aa of 1.0 or less, in which Ac is the maximum amplitude value in a periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in a case of periodically analyzing a surface shape of the charging member in a circumferential direction, and Aa is the maximum amplitude value in a periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in a case of periodically analyzing a surface shape of the charging member in an axial direction.

First claim

1 . A charging member comprising:
a cylindrical or columnar conductive base material; and an elastic portion provided on the conductive base material, wherein a value of an outer diameter of the charging member at a position of 5 mm from an axial end portion of the elastic portion is greater than a maximum value of an outer diameter of the charging member at an axial center of the elastic portion.

2 . The charging member according to claim 1 , wherein in a case of periodically analyzing a surface shape of the elastic portion in a circumferential direction, a value of a maximum amplitude value at an axial center of the elastic portion in a periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm, is 0.4 μm or more.

3 . The charging member according to claim 2 , wherein the value of the maximum amplitude value at the axial center of the elastic portion in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6, is from 0.4 μm to 1.0 μm.

4 . The charging member according to claim 1 , wherein in a case of periodically analyzing a surface shape of the elastic portion in a circumferential direction, a value of a ratio of a maximum amplitude value at a position of 5 mm from an axial end portion of the elastic portion in a periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm and a maximum amplitude value at an axial center of the elastic portion in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm, is 1.0 or less.

5 . The charging member according to claim 4 , wherein the value of the ratio of the maximum amplitude value at the position of 5 mm from the axial end portion of the elastic portion in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm and the maximum amplitude value at the axial center of the elastic portion in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm, is 0.8 or less.

6 . The charging member according to claim 1 , wherein in a case of periodically analyzing a surface shape of the elastic portion in a circumferential direction, a value of a maximum amplitude value at a position of 5 mm from an axial end portion of the elastic portion in a periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm, is from 0.4 μm to 0.8 μm.

7 . The charging member according to claim 6 , wherein the value of the maximum amplitude value at the position of 5 mm from the axial end portion of the elastic portion in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm, is from 0.4 μm to 0.7 μm.

8 . The charging member according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the value of the outer diameter of the charging member at the position of 5 mm from the axial end portion of the elastic portion and the value of the maximum value of the outer diameter of the charging member at the axial center of the elastic portion is from 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm.

9 . The charging member according to claim 8 , wherein the difference between the value of the outer diameter of the charging member at the position of 5 mm from the axial end portion of the elastic portion and the value of the maximum value of the outer diameter of the charging member at the axial center of the elastic portion is from 0.25 mm to 0.5 mm.

10 . A charging device comprising the charging member according to claim 1 .

11 . A process cartridge, comprising:
an image holding member; and a charging device configured to charge a surface of the image holding member, wherein the charging device includes the charging member according to claim 1 , the charging member being disposed in contact with the surface of the image holding member, and wherein the process cartridge is detachable from an image forming apparatus.

12 . An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image holding member; a charging device configured to charge a surface of the image holding member, wherein the charging device includes the charging member according to claim 1 , the charging member being disposed in contact with the surface of the image holding member; an exposing device configured to expose the surface of the charged image holding member to form a latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image, which has been formed on the surface of the image holding member, with a toner to form a toner image; and a transferring device configured to transfer the toner image, which has been formed on the surface of the image holding member, onto a recording medium.

13 . A cylindrical or columnar charging member,
wherein a ratio of a value of a maximum amplitude value in a periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in a case of periodically analyzing a surface shape of the charging member in a circumferential direction and a maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in a case of periodically analyzing a surface shape of the charging member in an axial direction, is 1.0 or less.

14 . The charging member according to claim 13 , wherein the ratio of the value of the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the circumferential direction and the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the axial direction, is 0.8 or less.

15 . The charging member according to claim 14 , wherein the ratio of the value of the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the circumferential direction and the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the axial direction, 0.7 or less.

16 . The charging member according to claim 13 , wherein a value of the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the circumferential direction, is from 0.2 μm to 1.0 μm.

17 . The charging member according to claim 16 , wherein the value of the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the circumferential direction, is from 0.4 μm to 0.8 μm.

18 . The charging member according to claim 13 , wherein a value of the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the axial direction, is from 0.3 μm to 1.1 μm.

19 . The charging member according to claim 18 , wherein the value of the maximum amplitude value in the periodic region from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the case of periodically analyzing the surface shape of the charging member in the axial direction, is from 0.7 μm to 1.0 μm.

20 . A charging device comprising the charging member according to claim 13 .

21 . A process cartridge, comprising:
an image holding member; and a charging device configured to charge a surface of the image holding member, wherein the charging device includes the charging member according to claim 13 , the charging member being disposed in contact with the surface of the image holding member, and wherein the process cartridge is detachable from an image forming apparatus.

22 . An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image holding member; a charging device configured to charge a surface of the image holding member, wherein the charging device includes the charging member according to claim 13 , the charging member being disposed in contact with the surface of the image

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kinuta Yasuhiko
• Tagawa Yuki

Classifications

• G03G15/0233 Primary

  Structure, details of the charging member, e.g. chemical composition, surface properties · CPC title

• G03G21/1814

  Details of parts of process cartridge, e.g. for charging, transfer, cleaning, developing (G03G21/1835 takes precedence) · CPC title