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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Taisuke Tokuwaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Yutaka Narita, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshio Kojima, Isehara, JP;
Tadaaki Hattori, Hadano, JP;
Makoto Nakamura, Ebina, JP;
Tadayuki Oshima, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroki Furubayashi, Atsugi, JP;
Taisuke Tokuwaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Yutaka Narita, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshio Kojima, Isehara, JP;
Tadaaki Hattori, Hadano, JP;
Makoto Nakamura, Ebina, JP;
Tadayuki Oshima, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroki Furubayashi, Atsugi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conductive member to be disposed so as to abut on an image carrier is provided. The conductive member includes an elongate conductive supporter, an electrical resistance adjusting layer formed on a circumferential surface of the supporter, and a pair of gap maintaining members provided respectively to the two ends of the adjusting layer. A gap with a certain clearance between an outer circumferential surface of the adjusting layer and an outer circumferential surface of the image carrier provided in parallel to the adjusting layer is formed. A stepped portion is formed in a joint section between the adjusting layer and each of the gap maintaining members with the joint section. An inclination is formed so as to be continuously inclined from the outer circumferential surface of each of the gap maintaining members to the outer circumferential surface of the adjusting layer in the stepped portion.