Patent ID: 6510307
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A transfer device for transferring an image on an image carrier to a recording material, the transfer device comprising:a transferring member adapted to nip and convey the recording material between the transferring member and the image carrier; a guard resin layer having a surface microhardness of not smaller than 18 as measured under a test load of 2.0 gf (19.6 mN) and a load rate of 0.0145 gf (0.1421 mN)/sec by a Type DUH-201S dynamic ultramicrohardness meter produced by Shimadzu Corp. with a triangular pyramid indenter having 115Â° in a ridge angle, the guard resin layer provided on a surface of the transferring member; and an adjustment resistance layer provided as a ground layer of the guard resin layer, the adjustment resistance layer adapted to inhibit an accumulation of charge in the guard resin layer.