Patent ID: 7783238
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A transfer charger which is mounted inside an image-forming apparatus where a toner image held on an image holder is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt to obtain an image, said transfer charger making a surface contact with an inner surface of said intermediate transfer belt opposite to a transfer surface thereof to which said toner image is transferred, with said transfer charger being pressed toward said image holder, owing to a pressing member, said transfer charger being a sheet material consisting of a resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of non-injection-moldable ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene resin, 2 to 15 parts by weight of electrically conductive carbon, and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of at least one kind of powder selected from among polytetrafluoroethylene resin powder, graphite powder, and silicone resin powder.