ELECTROCONDUCTIVE SEAMLESS BELT, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROCONDUCTIVE SEAMLESS BELT, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTROCONDUCTIVE SEAMLESS BELT

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electroconductive seamless belt capable of decreasing volume resistivity, while maintaining a certain rigidity, down to a level which has been unattainable at the rigidity. PSOLUTION: The electroconductive seamless belt is obtained by molding a thermoplastic composition, which comprises 100 pts.wt. of a polymer component, mainly composed of a blend comprising at least a first polyester thermoplastic elastomer having a specified hardness and a second polyester thermoplastic elastomer having a lower hardness than the first polyester thermoplastic elastomer, and 0.01-3 pts.wt. of a salt having a specified anion, the content of the second polyester thermoplastic elastomer in the whole polymer component being smaller than that of the first polyester thermoplastic elastomer and at most 30 wt.%, and has volume resistivity of 1.010SP6/SPto 1.010SP10/SPcm. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI