US 11,868,066 B2
Intermediate transfer belt, transfer device, and image forming apparatus
Masato Furukawa, Kanagawa (JP); Masato Ono, Kanagawa (JP); Daisuke Tanemura, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroaki Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP); Yosuke Kubo, Kanagawa (JP); Iori Nishimura, Kanagawa (JP); Shigeru Fukuda, Kanagawa (JP); and Masayuki Seko, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,808.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-037455 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0288845 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/162 (2013.01) [G03G 15/1605 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1623 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intermediate transfer belt comprising:
a single-layer body including a resin layer or a multilayer body including the resin layer serving as a top surface layer,
wherein a surface of the resin layer has an arithmetic average surface height Sa of 0.005 μm or more and 0.020 μm or less,
wherein the surface of the resin layer has a maximum height Sz of 0.050 μm or more and 0.200 μm or less, and
wherein the surface of the resin layer has recesses having a depth of 0.050 μm or more, the recesses being arranged at a regular interval, and the interval of the recesses is 0.20 μm or more and 0.80 μm or less.