(19)
(11) EP 1 541 705 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/24

(21) Application number: 04027172.8

(22) Date of filing: 16.11.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C23C 4/18
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 21.11.2003 JP 2003392032
08.10.2004 JP 2004295773

(71) Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0811 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hirasawa, Eiji
    Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken 392-8502 (JP)
  • Nishikawa, Mitsutaka
    Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken 392-8502 (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Method for processing cylinder periphery, processes for producing development roller and photoconductor drum, and development roller and photoconductor drum


(57) To provide a method for processing cylinder peripheries, capable of highly precise, stable transfer; a process for producing a development roller and a photoconductor drum; and the development roller and the photoconductor drum produced by the process. Asperities formed on a die are transferred to a metallic glass film (16) formed on the periphery of a cylindrical column-shaped or cylindrical tube-shaped core (10) of a roller (18) by: heating the metallic glass film (16) to turn into a viscous fluid; and rotating or rolling the roller (18) while the metallic glass film (16) is pressed against the die having the asperities. The metallic glass film (16) is formed by, for example, thermal-spraying a metallic glass (14) in a liquid state onto the periphery of the core (10).







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