Patent ID: 8594552
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. blade for electrophotographic apparatus which blade comprises a blade member having a touching part which is to come into touch with an object member, and at a support member which holds the blade member; the touching part comprising a material which is different from a material used for the blade member; the touching part is formed in such a way that a touching face thereof stands bare on the same plane as the blade member and the touching part is embedded in the blade member; the touching part having a touching face having a coefficient of static friction which is smaller than a coefficient of static friction of a surface of the blade member; and the touching part having a joint surface at which the touching part is joined with the blade member which joint surface has a center line average roughness Ra of from 0.5 μm to 10.0 μm.