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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7382006 | Photo-conductive layer for constituting a radiation imaging panel A photo-conductive layer for constituting a radiation imaging panel, which photo-conductive layer is capable of recording radiation image information as an electrostatic latent image, contains Bi4M3O12, in which M represents at least... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371276 | Titanium dioxide pigment and method for producing the same and resin composition using the same The titanium dioxide pigment of the present invention contains an anatase type crystal in an amount of 98-100% and has an average particle diameter of 0.2-0.4 μm and a whiteness of 95-97 in terms of L value of linseed oil. The titanium dioxide pigment of the presen... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364824 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member, a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus are provided which not only secure mechanical strength sufficiently but also bring a vast improvement in charge transport performance and which can well satisfy el... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7229398 | Circular-shaped metal structure and method of fabricating the same A circular-shaped metal structure is fabricated by plastic-working and has a wall thickness in the range of 0.03 mm to 0.09 mm both inclusive. A film composed of one of (a) silicon and fluorocarbon resin and (b) copper is coated on a surface of the circular-shaped m... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217483 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, drum cartridge employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image-forming apparatus The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor which has high light resistance, has high durability in exposure to oxidizing gases such as ozone and NOx, is excellent in mechanical properties such as printing durability, wearing resis... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7144629 | Electrostatic-erasing abrasion-proof coating and method for forming the same An abrasion-proof and static-erasing coating is formed on the contact surface of a contact image sensor. The coating comprises a first film having a high hardness and a low conductivity, a second film formed on the first film and having a low hardness and a high con... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7045832 | Vertical optical path structure for infrared photodetection Provided are a SiGe vertical optical path and a method for selectively forming a SiGe optical path normal structure for IR photodetection. The method comprises: forming a Si substrate surface; forming a Si feature, normal with respect to the Si substrate surface, su... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033564 | Lithium aluminum hydride-based selenating reagent and preparation methods using same A selenating reagent obtained by reacting lithium aluminum hydride with selenium powder in an organic solvent. In addition, a method for preparing a selenating reagent includes reacting lithium aluminum hydride with selenium powder in an organic solvent. Also, a met... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6969160 | Ballistic aerosol marking apparatus A toner gating apparatus for supplying toner through an aperture to a gas channel having a propellant stream. The toner gating apparatus has a traveling wave grid having electrodes. A first gating electrode is located proximate a first side of the aperture. A second... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6954609 | Image forming apparatus featuring a cleaning brush for removing residual developer An electrophotographic apparatus comprises a photosensitive member, exposing means, and cleaning means for cleaning a residual developer from the photosensitive member, which comprises a cleaning brush brought into contact with the photosensitive member. In this cas... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6803093 | Ceramic blank with a photostructurable functional layer containing platinum and method for production thereof A green ceramic body, in particular a green ceramic film having a function layer which contains platinum and is applied in at least some areas is described; this function layer is photostructurable in daylight and in the presence of oxygen. In addition, a method of ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6479207 | Printing plate element and production method thereof An image forming material having a support and a component layer is disclosed. In the image forming material the component layer contains a particle which comprises an organic particle core covered, with a material containing a light-heat conversion mater... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6365308 | Light receiving member for electrophotography In order to maintain excellent electrical, optical and photoconductive characteristics and to significantly improve the durability under adverse environments, a light receiving member for electrophotography according to the present invention comprises in ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6238832 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member For achieving satisfactory electrical characteristics and high image quality without peeling, damage or abrasion in a long use term the present invention provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member which comprises, on a conductive substrate, a p... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6110629 | Electrophotographic, photosensitive member and image forming apparatus A cylindrical, photosensitive member is disclosed which has a photosensitive layer comprising amorphous silicon provided on an electroconductive substrate, and in which the thickness of the electroconductive substrate is not less than 0.1 mm but less than... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108502 | Photosensitive member to be used for image-forming apparatus and image-forming apparatus comprising such photosensitive member as well as image forming process A photosensitive member to be used for an image-forming apparatus can effectively suppress its wettability of the surface relative to foreign objects adhering to it and reduce the load and the mechanism necessary for cleaning the surface so as to prolong ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6090513 | Eclectrophotographic light-receiving member and process for its production An electrophotographic light-receiving member comprising a conductive support and a light-receiving layer having a photoconductive layer showing a photoconductivity, formed on the conductive support and formed of a non-monocrystalline material mainly comp... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5981122 | Image recording method Electric discharge between a photosensitive member and a charge retaining medium is ON/OFF controlled by changing the gas pressure between these two members, so that it is possible to effect image recording in a state where a DC voltage is applied. An ele... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5876886 | Light-receiving member and electrophotographic apparatus making use of the same A light-receiving member, and an electrophotographic apparatus comprising it, which the member comprises a conductive support, a first layer capable of exhibiting a photoconductivity which comprises at least a material of a non-single-crystal silicon type... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5853936 | Light receiving member, substrate for said light receiving member, and electrophotographic apparatus having said light receiving member An electrophotographic light receiving member comprising a substrate in a cylindrical form and a light receiving layer formed on said substrate, wherein said substrate has (i) a portion with an enlarged bore at least on the side of an end portion of said ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5821021 | Photosenstive material for electrophotography A photosensitive material for electrophotography, wherein the charge-generating agent comprises a P-type charge-generating pigment and an N-type charge-generating pigment in combination, at least part of these pigments being present in the form of aggrega... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5766811 | Method of manufacturing amorphous silicon electrophotographic photosensitive member A method for stably manufacturing, with improved reproducibility, a good amorphous silicon electrophotographic photosensitive member improved in potential characteristics such as chargeability and photo-response as well as in the effect of reducing photo-... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5756250 | Electrophotographic method using a cleaning blade to remove residual toner An electrophotographic apparatus employs a charger for charging a cylindrical photosensitive member having a photoconductive layer of amorphous silicon containing 10 to 40 atomic % hydrogen; an exposing station for imagewise exposing the member to form an... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5729800 | Electrophotographic apparatus having an a-Si photosensitive drum assembled therein An electrophotographic apparatus using an a-Si photosensitive drum. The a-Si photosensitive drum has a thickness between 2 and 25 μm. The initial charging potential on the photosensitive drum is set to 450V or below. The center exposure wavelength of an ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5624776 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member provided with a light receiving layer composed of a non-single crystal silicon material containing columnar structure regions and process for the production thereof An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a substrate and a light receiving layer composed of a silicon-containing non-single crystal material disposed on said substrate, characterized in that said light receiving layer contains a plurality ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5516611 | Light-receiving member and methods of producing light-receiving member In order to improve characteristics of a light-receiving member for electrophotography having a photoconductive layer comprising an amorphous silicon material and implement a method for facilitating designing of a layer structure, the present invention pr... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5510631 | Non-monocrystalline silicon carbide semiconductor and semiconductor device employing the same A non-monocrystalline silicon carbide semiconductor comprises carbon atoms, silicon atoms, and at least one of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms, the non-monocrystalline silicon carbide semiconductor having therein microvoids with an average radius of not ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5470682 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor containing granular trigonal selenium An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a photosensitive layer containing granular trigonal selenium which has a mean particle diameter of not more than 5 μm and which has absorption peaks in the X-ray diffraction spectrum using CuK charac... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5459009 | Process for making an electrophotographic photoreceptor having protective layer A process for producing an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising the steps of forming a photoconductive layer on a conductive substrate in a reaction chamber, and after the photoconductive layer is formed, forming a surface protection layer on the ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5436101 | Negative charging selenium photoreceptor An x-ray photoreceptor for use in a xerographic system having a high arsenic layer 5 to 40 microns in thickness between the substrate and the selenium layer for trapping positive charge injected from the interface. Since this positive charge otherwise ten... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5422209 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor having a photoconductive layer of amorphous silicon and surface layer An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, comprising an electrically conductive substrate having provided thereon at least a photoconductive layer and a surface layer, wherein the photoconductive layer comprises (a) a charge transporting layer ma... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5407768 | Light-receiving member An electrophotographic light-receiving member comprising a conductive substrate 101 and laminated thereto a non-monocrystalline material photoconductive layer 102 and a surface layer 103. The photoconductive layer 102 is mainly composed of silicon atoms a... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5403688 | Method for determining termination time of the step of dispersing a coating composition for photosensitive layer of electrophotographic photoreceptor and electrophotographic photoreceptor prepared using the dispersion A method for determining a termination time of the step of dispersing a coating composition for a photosensitive layer, containing a binder resin, a powdery charge generating material and a solvent, is disclosed, which comprises (i) providing coating (I) ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5395716 | Electrophotographic recording material An improved electrophotographic recording material of the type comprising an electrically conductive substrate having a blocking layer composed of an amorphous material including silicon atoms, hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms disposed on the substrate, an... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5382487 | Electrophotographic image forming member An image forming member for electrophotography constructed with a substrate and a photoconductive layer formed thereon, wherein the photoconductive layer comprising an amorphous material containing therein silicon atom as the matrix and halogen atom as th... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5278015 | Amorphous silicon film, its production and photo semiconductor device utilizing such a film An amorphous silicon film contains not less than 30 at. % hydrogen and includes silicon atoms joined with one hydrogen atom and silicon atoms joined with two hydrogen atoms, the ratio of the silicon atoms joined with two hydrogen atoms to the silicon atom... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5273851 | Electrophotographic light-receiving member having surface region with high ratio of Si bonded to C An electrophotographic light-receiving member comprises a substrate, a photoconductive layer formed on the substrate and composed of a non-single crystal material containing a base component silicon atoms and a surface layer (surface-side region) made of ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5239397 | Liquid crystal light valve with amorphous silicon photoconductor of amorphous silicon and hydrogen or a halogen A photoconductor coupled liquid crystal light valve comprising a photoconductor layer, a liquid crystal layer and electrodes for applying voltage to the layers. The photoconductive layer is made of amorphous silicon containing hydrogen and/or halogen at m... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5213927 | Inverse multiactive electrophotographic element New inverse multiactive electrophotographic elements comprise, in order: an electrically conductive layer; a charge-transport layer; a first charge-generation layer containing a charge-generation material and a charge-transport material; and a second charge-generat... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5198319 | Electrophotographic light-sensitive material An electrophotographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon a photoconductive layer containing at least an inorganic photoconductive substance and a binder resin, wherein the binder resin comprises (1) at least one graft t... | 03/30/1993 |
