Patent ID: 7097953

Claim:
A process for producing a cylindrical electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and a photosensitive layer provided thereon; the process comprising: a coating step of coating the surface of the support with a coating fluid to form a wet coating; a drying step of drying the wet coating formed by the coating step, to form a dried coated film; a cutting step of making a cut in the dried coated film formed by the drying step, in its peripheral direction; and a removal step of removing, by jetting a gas, the dried coated film on its end side extending from the cut made by the cutting step, wherein an angle α° formed between the direction of cutting and the surface of the dried coated film to be removed is 85° or more to less than 180°, and an angle β° formed between the direction of gas jetting and the surface of the dried coated film to be removed is 85° or more to less than 180°.