Patent ID: 8824916
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A belt conveyor member comprising: an endless belt; and a cleaning blade configured to remove residual toner remaining on a surface of the endless belt which is processed into a smooth surface, wherein the endless belt has a first region in contact with the cleaning blade which is located outside a region for a recording sheet of a maximum usable width to pass therethrough, and a second region located outside the first region, a contact surface between the cleaning blade and the first region being in a rough condition, the roughness of the contact surface being larger than the roughness of a contact surface between the cleaning blade and the region for the recording sheet of the maximum usable width to pass therethrough, the endless belt has a third region in contact with the cleaning blade, the third region located between a region for a recording sheet of normal width to pass therethrough and the region for a recording sheet of the maximum usable width to pass therethrough, a contact surface of the third region is made rougher than a widthwise central portion of the endless belt that is in contact with the region for a recording sheet of normal width to pass therethrough.