Patent ID: 8805268
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cartridge comprising: a casing; an image carrier disposed in the casing and configured to be rotated while carrying a developer and transfer the developer onto a recording sheet at a transfer position; and a separating sheet consisting of a single resin, the separating sheet disposed in the casing and configured to contact the image carrier at a downstream side of a rotating direction of the image carrier with respect to the transfer position to separate the recording sheet from the image carrier, wherein the separating sheet includes a first surface opposed to the image carrier which is charged, and a second surface roughened by a roughening processing, the second surface opposite to the first surface and opposed to a charged developer image which is transferred but not yet fixed on the recording sheet, wherein the separating sheet is made of polypropylene, and a surface roughness Ra of the second surface is within a range of 0.2 μm<Ra<0.9 μm.