Conductive member for image-forming apparatus

The conductive member according to claim 11 wherein said continuous phase contains low nitrile acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR);

• said first uncontinuous phase contains polyether polymer;
• and said second uncontinuous phase contains ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM);
• and
• salt capable of dissociating into cations and anions is unevenly distributed to said polyether polymer of said first uncontinuous phase.

A method of manufacturing a conductive member, having a conductive layer, for use in an image-forming apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• kneading or blending a salt capable of dissociating into cations and anions uniformly with a polymer composing an uncontinuous phase to which said salt capable of dissociating into cations and anions is unevenly distributed to form a conpound or a mixture of said salt and said polymer;
• adding a polymer composing a continuous phase and a polymer composing other uncontinuous phases to said conpound or said mixture;
• and kneading a mixture of said all components to form a conductive polymer composition;
• and
• molding or forming said conductive polymer composition by heating said conductive polymer composition into whole or a part of said conductive member for use in an image-forming apparatus.