Patent ID: 8745870

Claim:
A regenerated elastic roller manufacturing process comprising the step of removing an agglutinated stain of a developer origin adhered to the surface of an elastic roller, said elastic roller provided with a mandrel and an elastic layer, wherein said step comprises the steps of: (1) rotatably supporting the elastic roller, a pressing roller and an adhesive roller in a jig, with the elastic roller positioned between the pressing roller and the adhesive roller; (2) rotating the rollers; (3) pressing the pressing roller against the surface of the elastic roller so as to crack the agglutinated stain which is kept in a hardened state on the surface of the elastic roller; and (4) removing the agglutinated stain cracked in the step (3) from the surface of the elastic roller by pressing the adhesive roller against the surface of the elastic roller; wherein the elastic roller, the pressing roller and the adhesive rollers have diameters Da, Db and Dc respectively, which satisfy a relationship Dc<Da<Db.