Patent ID: 8295747
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An intermediate transfer member for use in an image forming apparatus having a device capable of transferring a toner image carried on a surface of an electrophotographic photoreceptor primarily to the intermediate transfer member, and secondarily transferring the toner image from the intermediate transfer member to a transfer material, wherein the intermediate transfer member is provided with an elastic layer on a circumference of a resin substrate and further thereon a surface layer, the surface layer exhibits a layer thickness of 10 to 500 nm, a Young's modulus of a surface of the intermediate transfer member which is determined by a nanoindentation method is 0.1 to 5.0 GPa and is 0.0 to 2.0 GPa greater than a Young's modulus of the elastic layer which is determined by a nanoindentation method.