Patent ID: 7548712
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a latent image carrier with a thin-walled cylinder and a cylindrical damper disposed inside the thin-walled cylinder, the cylindrical damper including an elastic body, a first end and a second end, opposite the first end along an axis of the cylindrical damper, said second end being open in an axial direction, the method comprising: providing, at the first end, a wall extending inward toward the axis of the cylindrical damper; providing the thin-walled cylinder; providing a through-hole in the wall, said through-hole extending along the axial direction; providing, at an outermost end of the first end along the axis of the cylindrical damper, a first diameter; providing, at an outermost end of the second end along the axis of the cylindrical damper, a second diameter larger than the first diameter; placing a first end of the cylindrical damper in a first end of the thin-walled cylinder; and press fitting the cylindrical damper into the thin-walled cylinder by pressing the first end of the cylindrical damper with a jig inserted into the cylindrical damper, wherein the pressing includes pressing the jig into contact with a surface of the cylindrical damper perpendicular to the axial direction, and further comprising providing a gap between the jig and an interior surface of the cylindrical damper, the interior surface disposed at a non-perpendicular angle to the axial direction.