US 11,740,572 B2
Electrophotographic belt and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
Naoto Kameyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,244.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-072919 (JP), filed on Apr. 22, 2021; and application No. 2022-041929 (JP), filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365464 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 5/10 (2006.01); G03G 5/147 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/162 (2013.01) [G03G 5/10 (2013.01); G03G 5/14726 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrophotographic belt, comprising:
a base layer; and
a surface layer comprising perfluoropolyether, a binder resin, and compound 1 having structures represented by formulae (I) and (II):

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
where R1 represents a linking group,
R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group,
R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a methyl ester group,
R4 represents a linking group,
R5 represents a methyl group or a tert-butyl group, and
m represents an integer of 25 to 100.