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US 9,310,751 B2Granted
Blade member, image forming apparatus and process cartridge
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsEisuke Shimizu, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Takaaki Tawada, Hisashi Kikuchi
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Abstract
A blade includes an elastic member including a tip ridgeline to contact the surface of a member to contact. The tip ridgeline includes an impregnation layer impregnated with a cured compound comprising an acrylate or methacrylate compound having an alicyclic structure including 6 or more carbon atoms in its molecule, and has an elastic power in the range of 50% to 80%.
Claims13
A blade, comprising:
- an elastic member having a tip ridgeline configured to contact a surface of a member, the tip ridgeline having an impregnation layer impregnated with a cured compound, the cured compound including an acrylate or methacrylate compound having an alicyclic structure including 6 or more carbon atoms in its molecule, and the tip ridgeline having an elastic power in a range of 50% to 80%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.