Organic photoconductor drum

An organic photoconductor (OPC) drum comprising:

• a support member formed as a unitary molded body, said support member including
• a plurality of support plates, each extending in a first direction and having opposite first and second ends, adjacent ones of said support plates being spaced apart from each other in a second direction transverse to the first direction,
• a plurality of groove-defining U-shaped segments, each extending in the first direction, having opposite first and second ends, and interconnecting a corresponding adjacent pair of said support plates, and
• first and second sidewalls, said first sidewall being connected to said first end of said support plates and said first end of said U-shaped segments, said second sidewall being connected to said second end of said support plates and said second end of said U-shaped segments;
• a pair of mounting members opposite to each other in the first direction, each of said mounting members being coupled to a respective one of said first and second sidewalls;
• a pair of rollers flanking said support member in the second direction, each of said rollers extending in the first direction and having opposite ends coupled to said mounting members, respectively;
• and
• an OPC belt trained on an assembly of said support member and said rollers, and driven by said rollers to move on said support plates of said support member;
• wherein each of said first and second sidewalls has a base part that extends obliquely and outwardly and that has an outer face, and a plurality of block parts that are disposed on said outer face of said base part at positions corresponding to said U-shaped segments, each of said block parts tapering in a direction away from said support plates and having an inclined face that inclines in a direction opposite to that of said base part.