Patent ID: 8059997

Claim:
A developer carrying member comprising a substrate and a resin layer as a surface layer, wherein said resin layer comprises a thermosetting resin as a binder resin, an acrylic resin having units represented by the following formulas (1) and (2), and a conductive particle: wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R 2 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms; and wherein R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 4 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; one, two or three groups selected from the group consisting of R 5 , R 6 and R 7 represents or respectively represent an alkyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and the other group or groups represents or respectively represent an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and A âˆ’ represents an anion.