Patent ID: 8389076

Claim:
A peeling member to be used in an image remover configured to peel off and remove an image by thermal transfer from a recording material on which the image is formed of a thermoplastic image forming substance, the peeling member comprising: a base body; a rubber elasticity layer provided on the base body, the rubber elasticity layer being formed of a material having rubber elasticity; an organic polymer compound layer provided on the rubber elasticity layer, the organic polymer compound layer presenting no plasticity at a heating temperature that is used by the peeling member for peeling off and removing the image on the recording material by thermal transfer and having a Young's modulus of 400 MPa to 6000 MPa ; and a thermoplastic composition layer formed on a surface of the organic polymer compound layer so as to serve as an outermost surface layer presenting adhesion to the thermoplastic image forming substance, wherein the rubber elasticity layer has a thickness of 2 mm to 10 mm.