Patent ID: 7279260
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An electrophotographic photoconductor having a hardened layer of a composition comprising the following ingredients (a), (b) and (c): (a) a silane compound having at least one hydroxyl group bonded to the silicon atom thereof; (b) an epoxy group-containing amine compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have one or more substituents, or an aryl group which may have one or more substituents, Ar 1 represents an aryl group having at least one tertiary amino group or a heterocyclic group having at least one tertiary amino group, Ar 2 and Ar 3 may be the same or different and each represent an arylene group which may have one or more substituents and n is an integer of 0 to 100; (c) an aluminum chelate compound of the following formula: wherein X 1 represents a lower alkoxy group Y 1 represents a ligand derived from a compound selected from the group consisting of M 1 COCH 2 COM 2 and M 3 COCH 2 COOM 4 where M 1 , M 2 , M 3 and M 4 independently represent a lower alkyl group, and n is an integer of 0 to 2, wherein the amount of ingredient (b) is such that the weight ratio (b)/((a)+(b)) of the ingredient (b) to a total amount of the ingredients (a) and (b) is in the range of 0.1 to 0.7.