Patent ID: 8328704

Claim:
An apparatus for molding a roller for transporting a recording medium, the roller including an inner layer having a shaft hole through which a rotating shaft passes and an outer layer formed outside the inner layer, the inner layer being formed during molding of a first-color component and the outer layer being formed during molding of a second-color component, the roller formed by fitting a lower mold to each of a first upper mold and a second upper mold, the apparatus for molding comprising: a lower mold; a first upper mold which forms the inner layer by molding; a first inner wall surface formed by the first upper mold and the lower mold, the first inner wall surface making a cylindrical cavity for forming the inner layer, wherein the lower mold forms an inner side of the cylindrical cavity for forming the inner layer; a first gate opened to the first inner wall surface of the first upper mold, the first gate forming an end face of the cylindrical cavity; a second upper mold which forms the outer layer by molding; a second inner wall surface formed between the second upper mold and the lower mold, the second inner wall surface making a cavity for forming the outer layer, wherein the lower mold forms an outer side of the cavity for forming the outer layer; and a second gate opened to the second inner wall surface of the second upper mold to form the outer layer, the second gate being positioned at a predetermined distance from an edge of the inner layer wherein the first gate and the second gate are positioned inside the outer layer to be formed.