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Electrophotographic photosensitive material suitable for offset printing and lithography and process for production thereof
Assignee: Kyocera Mita Industrial Co Ltd
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Filing: 1977-05-05
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Granted: 1979-09-18
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Expires: 1997-05-05
Abstract
Abstract An electrophotographic photosensitive material suitable for offset printing and lithography comprising a flexible substrate, an electroconductive back coat layer formed on one surface of the substrate, an electroconductive intermediate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate and a photoconductive layer formed on the intermediate layer, said photoconductive layer being composed of a fine powder of a photoconductor dispersed in an electrically insulating resin, wherein said intermediate layer is composed of a composition comprising (A) an acrylic resin, (B) a vinyl acetate polymer having a degree of polymerization of 100 to 1700 and (C) a resinous conducting agent, in said composition the weight ratio of acrylic resin (A)/vinyl acetate polymer (B) is in the range of 4/1 to 10/1 and the amount of the conducting agent (C) is 20 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components (A) and (B), said intermediate layer has such a multi-layer distribution structure that a combination of the vinyl acetate polymer and the acrylic resin is predominantly distributed in the surface portion falling in contact with the photoconductive layer, and the photoconductive layer is bonded to the intermediate layer through said surface portion.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiaki Kato
- 👤 Akira Fushida
- 👤 Yasuo Ueda
- 👤 Yasusuke Tohi
- 👤 Tatsuo Aizawa
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 10:54
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G5/00; G03G5/10; G03G5/105; G03G5/107; G03G5/14; G03G5/142
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
An electrophotographic photosensitive material suitable for offset printing and lithography comprising a flexible substrate, an electroconductive back coat layer formed on one surface of the substrate, an electroconductive intermediate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate and a photoconductive layer formed on the intermediate layer, said photoconductive layer being composed of a fine powder of an inorganic photoconductor capable of being rendered hydrophilic by an etching treatment, dispersed in an electrically insulating resin, wherein said intermediate layer is composed of a composition comprising (A) an acrylic resin which is water-soluble only when it is neutralized with an alkaline substance, (B) a vinyl acetate polymer having a degree of polymerization of 100 to 1700 and (C) a cationic polymeric conducting agent, in said composition the weight ratio of acrylic resin (A)/vinyl acetate polymer (B) is in the range of 4/1 to 10/1 and the amount of the conducting agent (C) is 20 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components (A) and (B), said intermediate layer has such a multi-layer distribution structure that a combination of the vinyl acetate polymer and the acrylic resin is predominantly distributed in the surface portion falling in contact with the photoconductive layer, and the photoconductive layer is bonded to the intermediate layer through said surface portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
An electrophotographic photosensitive material suitable for offset printing and lithography comprising a flexible substrate, an electroconductive back coat layer formed on one surface of the substrate, an electroconductive intermediate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate and a photoconductive layer formed on the intermediate layer, said photoconductive layer being composed of a fine powder of an inorganic photoconductor capable of being rendered hydrophilic by an etching treatment, dispersed in an electrically insulating resin, wherein said intermediate layer is composed of a composition comprising (A) an acrylic resin which is water-soluble only when it is neutralized with an alkaline substance, (B) a vinyl acetate polymer having a degree of polymerization of 100 to 1700 and (C) a cationic polymeric conducting agent, in said composition the weight ratio of acrylic resin (A)/vinyl acetate polymer (B) is in the range of 4/1 to 10/1 and the amount of the conducting agent (C) is 20 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components (A) and (B), said intermediate layer has such a multi-layer distribution structure that a combination of the vinyl acetate polymer and the acrylic resin is predominantly distributed in the surface portion falling in contact with the photoconductive layer, and the photoconductive layer is bonded to the intermediate layer through said surface portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein the acrylic resin is a copolymer having an acid value of at least 39, which is composed of (i) at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and (ii) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of esters of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and olefinic hydrocarbons.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 2 wherein the acrylic resin is a copolymer of acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 2 wherein the acrylic resin is a copolymer of maleic acid and styrene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cationic conducting agent is an acrylic resin having a quaternary ammonium group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cationic conducting agent contains a quaternary ammonium group at a concentration of 200 to 1400 meq per 100 g of the polymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein the acrylic resin (A) and the vinyl acetate resin (B) are present in the intermediate layer at an (A)/(B) weight ratio of from 5/1 to 8/1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein 15 to 35% by weight of the sum of the acrylic resin and the vinyl acetate resin in the intermediate layer is predominantly distributed in the surface portion falling in contact with the photoconductive layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein the intermediate layer is formed on the substrate in an amount coated of 3 to 20 g/m 2 .
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein the inorganic photoconductor is selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, titanium dioxide and lead oxide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
A photosensitive material as set forth in claim 1 wherein when the surface layer in which the combination of the acrylic resin and the vinyl acetate polymer is predominantly distributed is separated from the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer has a surface resistivity not higher than 1×10 10 Ω as measured at a relative humidity of 65%.
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