Bizarre Patents
A forehead support apparatus for resting a standing users forehead against a wall above a bathroom commode or urinal or beneath a showerhead.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7981581 | Phthalocyanine composition and photoconductive material, electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge, and image-forming apparatus each employing the composition A phthalocyanine composite with high sensitivity and low environmental dependence is provided. It comprises both at least one phthalocyanine compound expressed by general formula (1) and at least one phthalocyanine compound expressed by general formula (2): | 07/19/2011 |
| 7968264 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge and image-forming apparatus An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer that includes a phthalocyanine pigment, a charge-transporting substance and at least one kind of lignophenol derivative. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7838189 | Imaging member having sulfur-containing additive An imaging member containing a substrate, and an outer layer containing a sulfur-containing additive, and an image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium including the imaging member above, a development component to apply a developer material to... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7763406 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartidge and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photoreceptor has at least an undercoat layer and a photosensitive layer formed on a conductive substrate, wherein the undercoat layer contains metal oxide fine particles and an electron acceptor compound having a group reactive with the metal... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7745083 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a support, a charge generation layer containing a charge-generating material and a binder resin, provided on the support, and a hole transport layer containing a hole-transporting material, provided on the charge gene... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7682762 | Process for preparing organic photosensitive pigment Processes for making photosensitive organic pigments for use in imaging members, specifically processes for making photosensitive phthalocyanine pigments having a specific nanocrystal form. Embodiments include a copper phthalocyanine nanocrystal with good charge gen... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7678517 | Single layered photoconductors A photoconductor that includes a supporting substrate, and an active layer in contact with the substrate, and which active layer contains a photogenerating pigment of a titanyl phthalocyanine, at least one charge transport component, and a mixture of a metal oxide a... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7662528 | Charge generating composition A charge generating composition including at least one charge generating material, at least one polymer binder, and at least one styrene-containing copolymer is disclosed. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662529 | Electrophotographic photoconductor An electrophotographic photoconductor in which generation of a ghost phenomenon caused by exposure is avoided and potential change before and after continuous printings is insignificant. A functionally separated type electrophotographic photoconductor includes at le... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7592113 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support, a charge generation layer containing a charge generating material, and a binder resin, on the support, and a hole transport layer containing a hole transporting material, on the charge generation layer... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7479359 | Photoconductor for electrophotography A photoconductor for electrophotography, includes a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer containing charge generation material formed on the conductive substrate. The charge generation material contains a substituted or unsubstituted gallium phthalocyanine d... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7452644 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member capable of outputting an image in which a defect such as a ghost is suppressed even in a high-temperature-and-high-humidity environment, and in which a defect such as a change in density due to an abrupt change in light-a... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7413836 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor containing asymmetrical naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid diimide derivative as electron transporting material in a charge generating layer and electrophotographic image forming apparatus employing the photoreceptor An electrophotographic photoreceptor including: an electrically conductive substrate; a charge generating layer disposed on the electrically conductive substrate and includes a charge generating material dispersed or dissolved in a binder resin and an asymmetric nap... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7396622 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and a charge generation layer containing a charge-generating material and a binder resin, provided on the support, and a hole transport layer containing a hole-transporting material, provided on the charg... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384718 | Charge generating composition and imaging member A composition that finds particular utility in forming a charge generating layer of an imaging member includes at least one charge generating material, at least one polymer binder and at least one oxidized polyolefin polymer or copolymer. The oxidized polyolefin is ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384716 | Coating composition for electrophotographic photoreceptor, method for producing electrophotographic photoreceptor, electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image-forming apparatus A coating composition for an electrophotographic photoreceptor that forms a charge-generating layer by being ejected from ejection nozzles in a form of droplets, comprises a charge-generating substance, a binding resin, and a solvent, has a viscosity of 1 mPa·s to ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374855 | Photoreceptors Methods for texturing the surface of photoreceptors are provided. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371497 | Electrophotographic image forming method An electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising: an electroconductive substrate; a charge generation layer; and ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348114 | Photoconductive members A photoconductive imaging member containing a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer containing a binder and a polyol ester. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344809 | Imaging members An imaging member having a charge transport layer is provided. The charge transport layer includes a plurality of charge transport layers coated from solutions of similar or different compositions or concentrations, wherein the upper or additional transport layer(s)... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333752 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, and process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus which have the electrophotographic photosensitive member An electrophotographic apparatus is disclosed using an electrophotographic photosensitive member which employs light with a short wavelength (380 nm to 500 nm) as image exposure light and is good in photoelectric conversion efficiency on the whole at that wavelength... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314511 | Metaloxyphthalocyanine compounds A phthalocyanine compound of Formula (I) wherein M is an oxymetal group, methods and uses involving these compounds ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312007 | Photoconductive imaging members A photoconductive member containing a hole blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein the hole blocking layer contains a metallic component like a titanium oxide and a polymeric binder. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297458 | Imaging members A photoconductive member containing a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer and wherein the photogenerating layer comprises a photogenerating component, and an electron transport component. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291430 | Imaging members A member including for example, a substrate, a charge blocking layer, an optional adhesive layer, a charge generating layer comprising particles comprising a photogenerating layer of for example, chlorogallium phthalocyanine dispersed in a matrix comprising a charge... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291429 | Naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid diimide derivatives and electrophotographic photoconductive material using the derivatives Naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid diimide derivatives and an electrophotographic photoconductive material containing the naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid diimide derivatives. The naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid diimide derivatives have a structure represented by the fo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7276318 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, and electrophotographic apparatus and process cartridge which make use of the same This invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and a photosensitive layer. In the electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and a photosensitive layer, which electrophotographic photosensitive member m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276600 | Phthalocyanine derivatives and their applications in optical recording media An optical recording medium is disclosed, which is composed of a substrate, a recording layer comprising an organic dye upon which information can be recorded by a laser beam, a reflective layer and a protective layer formed in such order; whereas the aforementioned... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270926 | Imaging member A process for preparing a charge generating layer comprising dispersing photoconductive phthalocyanine particles in a polymer matrix, the matrix comprising a polymeric film-forming reaction product of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, maleic acid, and hydroxyalkyl acry... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265077 | Latent image developing systems and devices A latent image developing system, a novelty kit, and an ink composition for printing latent images on a substrate. The latent image developing system includes a first substrate containing a colorless image deposited on a first surface thereof. A developer component ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7229728 | Positively-charged electrophotographic organic photoreceptor A positively-charged electrophotographic organic photoreceptor includes an electrically conductive support, and a charge transport layer and a charge generating layer sequentially stacked on the electrically conductive support. The charge generating layer is formed ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7211359 | Coating solution containing cocrystals and or crystals of a charge-generation pigment or a mixture of charge-generation pigments A method for preparing a coating solution containing a cocrystallized titanyl phthalocyanine-titanyl fluorophthalocyanine, the method comprising: dry milling a charge-generation pigment or mixtures of charge-generation pigments; increasing the amorphousness of the p... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204098 | Oil separation structure for refrigerant compressor The present invention relates to a structure for separating oil from a refrigerant gas containing the oil. The refrigerant gas is discharged from a refrigerant compressor which forms a part of refrigerating cycle to an external refrigerant circuit. The oil separatio... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205081 | Imaging member An imaging method utilizing an imaging member containing a supporting substrate, a layer of a charge carrier injecting surface, a hole blocking layer, an optional adhesive layer, a layer of a charge carrier transport material, a layer of an charge carrier generating... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192677 | Electrophotographic photoconductor An electrophotographic photoconductor including an electroconductive support and a photoconductive layer formed thereon, which contains a phthalocyanine pigment and a disazo pigment of formula (I): wherein A and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175956 | Organic photoconductive material, electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising the same, and image-forming apparatus The invention is to provide an organic photoconductive material capable of realizing electrophotographic photoreceptors of high reliability that have high charge potential, high sensitivity, good responsiveness to light and good durability, of which the characterist... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163771 | Imaging members A photoconductive member containing a supporting substrate; a photogenerating layer comprised of a photogenerating component, a hole transport component, an electron transport component, and a polymer binder; and a charge transport layer comprised of a charge transp... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163772 | Organic electrophotographic photo-receptor The present invention provides an organic electrophotographic photo-receptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer laid on the conductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least one μ-oxo bridged heterometal compound as a ch... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147978 | Electrophotographic photoreceptors with novel overcoats This invention relates to a photoreceptor that includes: (a) an overcoat layer comprising at least a rheology modifier and a polymeric resin selected from the group consisting of urethane resins, urethane-epoxy resins, acrylated-ur... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135261 | Multi-layered organic electrophotographic photoconductor A multi-layered organic electrophotographic photoconductor exhibits superior stability in mass production and excellent adhesion ability with two layers contacting the charge generation layer and is free of contamination of the coating liquid for a charge transport ... | 11/14/2006 |
