Patent ID: 9213299
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A sliding member for image formation which is disposed so as to slide while contacting with at least a contacted member in an image forming apparatus, comprising: a base material, the entirety of which contains a resin and which further has a carbon-containing region containing carbon, which has an sp3 bond, on a contact side with the contacted member, and in which a region other than the carbon-containing region is formed of an identical material, wherein the sliding member satisfies any one of the requirements of the following (A) and (B): (A) the carbon-containing region configures a contact portion with the contacted member; and (B) the sliding member is provided with a carbon layer which does not contain a resin but contains carbon having an sp3 bond on a surface further on the contact side with the contacted member of the carbon-containing region and configures a contact portion with the contacted member.