Electrically conductive rubber composition, transfer roller, production method for the transfer roller, and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10481529
APP PUB NO 20180032002A1
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15635434

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An electrically conductive rubber composition is provided, which is usable for production of a transfer roller of a highly flexible foam satisfying requirements for cost reduction and weight reduction and having smaller foam cell diameters and, hence, ensuring higher-quality image formation with smaller environment-dependent variations in roller resistance. A transfer roller produced from the electrically conductive rubber composition, a production method for the transfer roller, and an image forming apparatus including the transfer roller are also provided. The electrically conductive rubber composition contains a rubber component including SBR and/or BR, EPDM and epichlorohydrin rubber, a crosslinking component, and 4 to 6 parts by mass of a foaming agent and 1.5 to 2.7 parts by mass of a foaming assisting agent based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. The transfer roller (1) is produced by extruding the electrically conductive rubber composition into a tubular body and performing an in-can vulcanization process on the tubular body. The image forming apparatus incorporates the transfer roller.

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SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTDKOBE CITY JAPAN HYOGO CENTRAL CRISP BANG TOWN 3 CHOME 6 NO 9 KOBE-SHI HYOGO

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Tanio, Yusuke Kobe, JP 17 9

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