Claims
- 1. A process for electrophotography comprising:
- (a) charging an image-forming member for electrophotography, the member comprising a substrate for electrophotography and a photoconductive layer formed on the substrate comprising amorphous silicon containing 10 to 40 atomic percent of hydrogen atoms and having photoconductivity;
- (b) irradiating the charged image-forming member with a light to form an electrostatic image;
- (c) developing a surface of the light-irradiated image-forming member to form a toner image;
- (d) transferring the toner image formed on the surface of the image-forming member; and
- (e) cleaning the surface of the image-forming member with a blade after transferring the toner image.
- 2. The process of claim 1, wherein the charging is conducted by corona discharge.
- 3. The process of claim 1, wherein the blade comprises a urethane rubber.
- 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the substrate is cylindrical.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/448,123, filed May 23, 1995, U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,149, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/351,561 filed Dec. 7,1994 now abandoned; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/795,249, filed Nov. 18, 1991, now abandoned; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/782,098, filed Sep. 30, 1985, now abandoned; which is a division of application Ser. No. 695,428, filed Jan. 28, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,552,824; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 449,842, filed Dec. 15, 1982, now abandoned; which is a division of application Ser. No. 214,045, filed Dec. 8, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,451,547; which is a division of application Ser. No. 971,114, filed Dec. 19, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,265,991.
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