Patent ID: 6420012
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
A toner carrier composed of an electrically conductive shaft and an electrically conductive elastic layer formed around said shaft, said toner carrier carrying a toner in the form of thin film on its surface, coming close to or coming into contact with the image-forming body so as to supply the toner to the surface of the image-forming body, thereby forming a visible image on the surface of the image-forming body, characterized in that said electrically conductive elastic layer has a coating layer thereon which is made of a material containing a resin with a glass transition point lower than 10Â° C. and has a dynamic elastic modulus (Eâ€²) of 107-109.8 dyn/cm2 and a loss tangent (tan &dgr;) smaller than 0.7.