Patents by Inventor Junichiro Hashizume
Junichiro Hashizume has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7060406Abstract: A light-receiving member comprising a conductive substrate, and formed superposingly thereon a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer in order. The light-receiving member has a surface roughness Ra of from 15 nm to 100 nm. Also disclosed is an image-forming apparatus having such a light-receiving member, and an image-forming method of rendering visible an electrostatic pattern formed on the light-receiving member. The light-receiving member promises stable formation of images over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kunimasa Kawamura, Shigenori Ueda, Toshiyuki Ehara, Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Masaya Kawada, Tetsuya Karaki, Hironori Ohwaki
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Patent number: 7033717Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member production process is provided having the steps of placing a cylindrical substrate having a conductive surface in a first film-forming chamber, and decomposing a source gas with high-frequency power to deposit on the cylindrical substrate a first layer formed of a non-single-crystal material, taking out of the first film-forming chamber the cylindrical substrate with the first layer deposited thereon, and placing the cylindrical substrate with the first layer deposited thereon in a second film-forming chamber, and decomposing a source gas with a high-frequency power to deposit on the first layer a second layer having an upper-part blocking layer formed of a non-single-crystal material. Even where abnormal growth portions called spherical protuberances are present on the photosensitive member surface, they can be made not to appear on images, and image defects can vastly be remedied.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Kojima, Toshiyuki Ehara, Hideaki Matsuoka, Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Koji Hitsuishi, Hironori Ohwaki, Kazuto Hosoi
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Patent number: 7033721Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member such that even if abnormal grown portions called spherical protrusions 203 exist on the surface of the photosensitive member, they do not appear on images, thus making it possible to considerably alleviate image defects.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichiro Hashizume, Toshiyuki Ehara, Hideaki Matsuoka, Ryuji Okamura, Koji Hitsuishi, Satoshi Kojima, Hironori Ohwaki, Kazuto Hosoi
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Publication number: 20050153223Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member production process is provided having the steps of placing a cylindrical substrate having a conductive surface in a first film-forming chamber, and decomposing a source gas with high-frequency power to deposit on the cylindrical substrate a first layer formed of a non-single-crystal material, taking out of the first film-forming chamber the cylindrical substrate with the first layer deposited thereon, and placing the cylindrical substrate with the first layer deposited thereon in a second film-forming chamber, and decomposing a source gas with a high-frequency power to deposit on the first layer a second layer having an upper-part blocking layer formed of a non-single-crystal material. Even where abnormal growth portions called spherical protuberances are present on the photosensitive member surface, they can be made not to appear on images, and image defects can vastly be remedied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2003Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Satoshi Kojima, Toshiyuki Ehara, Hideaki Matsuoka, Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Koji Hitsuishi, Hironori Ohwaki, Kazuto Hosoi
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Patent number: 6846600Abstract: A process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising the steps of depositing a non-single crystal material composed basically of silicon atoms, on a cylindrical substrate in a deposition chamber, thereafter once taking the substrate with film out of the deposition chamber, then returning it to the deposition chamber, and thereafter again depositing thereon a non-single-crystal material composed basically of carbon atoms. In another embodiment, the process comprises the steps of depositing on a cylindrical substrate a photoconductive layer formed of a non-single crystal material, subjecting to surface processing the deposited film having protrusions present at its surface, and depositing on the processed surface a surface protective layer formed of a non-single-crystal material. Also disclosed is the electrophotographic photosensitive member thus obtained, and an electrophotographic apparatus having that member.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiyuki Ehara, Junichiro Hashizume, Masaya Kawada, Tetsuya Karaki, Hironori Ohwaki, Kunimasa Kawamura, Ryuji Okamura, Kazuto Hosoi
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Publication number: 20040261716Abstract: A deposition film forming apparatus has a reaction vessel the inside of which can be evacuated. In the reaction vessel, a gas supplying unit for supplying a raw material gas is arranged, and a plurality of cylindrical substrates are arranged at equal intervals on a common circumference. A high-frequency electric power introducing unit is arranged outside the reaction vessel. A deposition film is formed on the cylindrical substrates by exciting and dissociating the raw material gas by means of high-frequency electric power. The deposition film forming apparatus has a grounded and conductive cylindrical member placed in an area surrounded by the cylindrical substrates arranged on the common circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Tetsuya Karaki, Shinji Tsuchida, Takashi Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 6753123Abstract: A process for manufacturing an electrophotographic photosensitive member is disclosed in which a source gas is decomposed by the use of a high-frequency power in a rector to deposit sequentially on a conductive substrate i) a photoconductive layer comprised of an amorphous material composed chiefly of silicon atoms and ii) a surface layer comprised of an amorphous material composed chiefly of carbon atoms and containing hydrogen atoms. The process has the steps of forming the photoconductive layer in a first reactor, and forming the surface layer in a second reactor. This process can produce an electrophotographic photosensitive member having an a-Si photoconductive layer and a-C:H surface layer or a-C:H(Si) surface layer in a good efficiency and at a low cost. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photosensitive member manufacturing apparatus which carries out the process.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Okamura, Junichiro Hashizume, Kazuto Hosoi
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Publication number: 20040071890Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member such that even if abnormal grown portions called spherical protrusions 203 exist on the surface of the photosensitive member, they do not appear on images, thus making it possible to considerably alleviate image defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Junichiro Hashizume, Toshiyuki Ehara, Hideaki Matsuoka, Ryuji Okamura, Koji Hitsuishi, Satoshi Kojima, Hironori Ohwaki, Kazuto Hosoi
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Publication number: 20040023140Abstract: A light-receiving member comprising a conductive substrate, and formed superposingly thereon a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer in order. The light-receiving member has a surface roughness Ra of from 15 nm to 100 nm. Also disclosed is an image-forming apparatus having such a light-receiving member, and an image-forming method of rendering visible an electrostatic pattern formed on the light-receiving member. The light-receiving member promises stable formation of images over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Kunimasa Kawamura, Shigenori Ueda, Toshiyuki Ehara, Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Masaya Kawada, Tetsuya Karaki, Hironori Ohwaki
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Patent number: 6670089Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method having cyclic steps including a charging step of charging a rotating image-bearing member to charge a surface thereof, a latent image forming steps of forming an electrostatic latent image on the charged surface of the image-bearing member, a developing step of developing the electrostatic latent image with a magnetic toner to form a toner image thereon, and a transfer step of transferring the toner image onto a recording material. In the method, the image-bearing member includes an electroconductive support, and a photoconductor layer and a surface layer formed on the support.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiyuki Ehara, Tatsuyuki Aoike, Junichiro Hashizume, Masaharu Miura
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Patent number: 6645688Abstract: In an image-forming apparatus having at least i) an electrophotographic photosensitive member having at least a photoconductive layer and a surface layer on a conductive substrate, ii) a developing means having a toner, and iii) a charging means, the photoconductive layer comprises a non-single-crystal material composed chiefly of silicon, the surface layer comprises a non-single-crystal carbon film containing at least hydrogen and has an arithmetic-mean roughness Ra ranging from 0 nm to 100 nm in an extent of 10 &mgr;m×10 &mgr;m of the surface layer, the charging mean is a magnetic-brush charging assembly or an elastic-roller charging assembly holding thereon a conductive fine powder, and the toner is a magnetic toner having toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, and an inorganic fine powder, having an average circularity of from 0.950 to 1.000, and having a saturation magnetization of from 10 to 50 Am2/kg (emu/g) under application of a magnetic field of 79.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Kazuto Hosoi
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Patent number: 6635397Abstract: A negative-charging electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising an aluminum-based substrate and a silicate film and a light-receiving layer in this order. The silicate film has a layer thickness of 0.5 nm to 15 nm and comprises at least aluminum atoms, silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The light-receiving layer has at least a lower-part charge injection blocking layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms, nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, not doped with any impurities, a photoconductive layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms, an upper-part charge injection blocking layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms, carbon atoms and atoms belonging to the Group 13 of the periodic table, and a surface protective layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms and containing carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Okamura, Junichiro Hashizume, Kazuto Hosoi
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Publication number: 20030124449Abstract: A process for manufacturing an electrophotographic photosensitive member is disclosed in which a source gas is decomposed by the use of a high-frequency power in a rector to deposit sequentially on a conductive substrate i) a photoconductive layer comprised of an amorphous material composed chiefly of silicon atoms and ii) a surface layer comprised of an amorphous material composed chiefly of carbon atoms and containing hydrogen atoms. The process has the steps of forming the photoconductive layer in a first reactor, and forming the surface layer in a second reactor. This process can produce an electrophotographic photosensitive member having an a-Si photoconductive layer and a-C:H surface layer or a-C:H(Si) surface layer in a good efficiency and at a low cost. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photosensitive member manufacturing apparatus which carries out the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Ryuji Okamura, Junichiro Hashizume, Kazuto Hosoi
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Patent number: 6586149Abstract: A light-receiving member comprising a conductive substrate, and formed superposingly thereon a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer in order. The light-receiving member has a surface roughness Ra of from 15 nm to 100 nm. Also disclosed is an image-forming apparatus having such a light-receiving member, and an image-forming method of rendering visible an electrostatic pattern formed on the light-receiving member. The light-receiving member promises stable formation of images over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kunimasa Kawamura, Shigenori Ueda, Toshiyuki Ehara, Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Masaya Kawada, Tetsuya Karaki, Hironori Ohwaki
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Patent number: 6576387Abstract: In an image-forming apparatus having at least i) an electrophotographic photosensitive member having at least a photoconductive layer and a surface layer on a conductive substrate, ii) a developing means having a toner, and iii) a charging means, the photoconductive layer comprises a non-single-crystal material composed chiefly of silicon, the surface layer comprises a non-single-crystal carbon film containing at least hydrogen and has a dynamic hardness in the range of from 4.90×109 to 1.76×1010 Pa (500 to 1,800 kgf/mm2), the charging means has a charging member kept in contact with the electrophotographic photosensitive member, forming a contact zone therewith, charges the electrophotographic photosensitive member electrostatically upon application of a voltage, and the toner is a magnetic toner having toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, and an inorganic fine powder, having an average circularity of from 0.950 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Kazuto Hosoi
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Publication number: 20030104293Abstract: A negative-charging electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising an aluminum-based substrate and a silicate film and a light-receiving layer in this order. The silicate film has a layer thickness of 0.5 nm to 15 nm and comprises at least aluminum atoms, silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The light-receiving layer has at least a lower-part charge injection blocking layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms, nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, not doped with any impurities, a photoconductive layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms, an upper-part charge injection blocking layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms, carbon atoms and atoms belonging to the Group 13 of the periodic table, and a surface protective layer formed of a non-single crystal silicon film comprising at least silicon atoms and containing carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Ryuji Okamura, Junichiro Hashizume, Kazuto Hosoi
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Patent number: 6528130Abstract: In a vacuum processing apparatus comprising a reactor and a vacuum pump connected to the reactor to draw up a gas held in the reactor, the vacuum pump comprising a diffusion pump and an auxiliary pump, the diffusion pump and the auxiliary pump are connected through an exhaust line and a cooling unit is provided in the exhaust line, whereby the gas is cooled by the cooling unit to liquefy or condense an oil smoke comprised of a diffusion pump oil contained in the gas, to cause the resultant oil to deposit in the exhaust the diffusion pump oil can be prevented from flowing into the auxiliary pump even when material gases fed in at a high rate are exhausted.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichiro Hashizume, Shigenori Ueda, Ryuji Okamura
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Publication number: 20020168859Abstract: A process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising the steps of depositing a non-single crystal material composed basically of silicon atoms, on a cylindrical substrate in a deposition chamber, thereafter once taking the substrate with film out of the deposition chamber, then returning it to the deposition chamber, and thereafter again depositing thereon a non-single-crystal material composed basically of carbon atoms. In another embodiment, the process comprises the steps of depositing on a cylindrical substrate a photoconductive layer formed of a non-single crystal material, subjecting to surface processing the deposited film having protrusions present at its surface, and depositing on the processed surface a surface protective layer formed of a non-single-crystal material. Also disclosed is the electrophotographic photosensitive member thus obtained, and an electrophotographic apparatus having that member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2002Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventors: Toshiyuki Ehara, Junichiro Hashizume, Masaya Kawada, Tetsuya Karaki, Hironori Ohwaki, Kunimasa Kawamura, Ryuji Okamura, Kazuto Hosoi
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Publication number: 20020150831Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method having cyclic steps including a charging step of charging a rotating image-bearing member to charge a surface thereof, a latent image forming steps of forming an electrostatic latent image on the charged surface of the image-bearing member, a developing step of developing the electrostatic latent image with a magnetic toner to form a toner image thereon, and a transfer step of transferring the toner image onto a recording material. In the method, the image-bearing member includes an electroconductive support, and a photoconductor layer and a surface layer formed on the support. The photoconductor layer includes a silicon-based non-single crystal material containing at least one of hydrogen and halogen, and the surface layer includes a carbon-based non-single crystal material containing at least one of hydrogen and halogen and also containing silicon in a proportion of 0.2 to 20 atm. % as calculated by Si/(Si+C).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Toshiyuki Ehara, Tatsuyuki Aoike, Junichiro Hashizume, Masaharu Miura
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Publication number: 20020115012Abstract: In an image-forming apparatus having at least i) an electrophotographic photosensitive member having at least a photoconductive layer and a surface layer on a conductive substrate, ii) a developing means having a toner, and iii) a charging means, the photoconductive layer comprises a non-single-crystal material composed chiefly of silicon, the surface layer comprises a non-single-crystal carbon film containing at least hydrogen and has a dynamic hardness in the range of from 4.90×109 to 1.76×1010 Pa (500 to 1,800 kgf/mm2), the charging means has a charging member kept in contact with the electrophotographic photosensitive member, forming a contact zone therewith, charges the electrophotographic photosensitive member electrostatically upon application of a voltage, and the toner is a magnetic toner having toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, and an inorganic fine powder, having an average circularity of from 0.950 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Junichiro Hashizume, Ryuji Okamura, Kazuto Hosoi