Patent ID: 8045909

Claim:
A belt member with a surface of which a toner image is contacted comprising a surface layer in which a plurality of kinds of rubbers having a different hardness mixedly exist, wherein the surface layer includes a first rubber and particles of a second rubber having a higher hardness than that of the first rubber and mixedly existing in the first rubber, the hardness of the particle of the second rubber is A10/S or more and A42/S or less over the hardness of the first rubber in terms of JIS-A hardness based on JIS K6253, and the first rubber and the second rubber are cured materials of a precursor composition that has fluorocarbon polymers composed of fluorocarbon siloxane, having a repeating unit shown by the following general structural formula (1), and an aliphatic unsaturated group, wherein R 10 represents an unsubstituted or substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, x is an integer of 1 or more, a and e are 0 or 1, b and d are integers of 1 to 4, and c is an integer of 0 to 8.