Cleaning blade and method of producing elastic member of cleaning blade
AssigneeSynztec Co., Ltd.
InventorsShogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Shuji Abe
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Abstract
A cleaning blade includes an elastic member having an edge that is brought into contact with a photoconductor member. The elastic member includes surface layers formed of a polyurethane rubber that contains an isocyanate silane and a rubber portion formed of a polyurethane rubber that does not contain an isocyanate silane. The surface layers include at least the edge. The value obtained by subtracting the elastic indentation modulus of the rubber portion from the elastic indentation modulus of a surface of the surface layers is −0.01 MPa or less.
Claims14
A cleaning blade comprising an elastic member having an edge that is brought into contact with a photoconductor member,
- the elastic member including:
- surface layers formed of a polyurethane rubber that contains an isocyanate silane;
- and
- a rubber portion formed of a polyurethane rubber that does not contain an isocyanate silane,
- the surface layers including at least the edge,
- a value obtained by subtracting an elastic indentation modulus of the rubber portion from an elastic indentation modulus of a surface of the surface layers being −0.01 MPa or less.
A method of producing an elastic member of a cleaning blade, the method comprising forming surface treatment layers containing an isocyanate silane on a material made from a polyurethane rubber,
- the forming of the surface treatment layers including:
- impregnating at least a region of the material that includes a part corresponding to an edge that is brought into contact with a photoconductor member with a treatment liquid containing an isocyanate silane;
- and
- drying the treatment liquid, wherein the forming of the surface treatment layers results in that a value obtained by subtracting an elastic indentation modulus of a surface of the material before formation of the surface treatment layers from an elastic indentation modulus of a surface of the surface treatment layers is-0.01 MPa or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.