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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Kamijo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Omori, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tubular member includes a resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin and a conductive material, and the resin layer forming a sea part in which the thermoplastic resin becomes a matrix phase, wherein an area ratio of the sea part to a portion in a range of 5 μm respectively to a front surface portion side and a rear surface portion side with a central portion of the resin layer in a thickness direction as a center is greater by 3% to 15% than a greater area ratio between an area ratio of the sea part to a portion in a range of 10 μm from a front surface portion of the resin layer in the thickness direction and an area ratio of the sea part to a portion in a range of 10 μm from a rear surface portion in the thickness direction.