Abstract: Provided is a transfer device that includes an intermediate transfer body which is a first endless belt including a resin and conductive carbon particles and in which in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles that are present in an evaluation region of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m on an outer peripheral surface; a first transfer component that first-transfers a toner image formed on a surface of an image carrier to a surface of the intermediate transfer body; and a second transfer component which has a second endless belt disposed so as to face the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer body, which second-transfers the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a surface of a recording medium on the second endless belt.

Abstract: A transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt including a resin and in which in a spatial distribution of conductive carbon particles that are present in an evaluation region of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m on an outer peripheral surface, an integrated value of a statistic L(r) in an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less is 0 or more and 0.1 or less; and a cleaning component including a cleaning blade which contacts the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt and in which a value of M100/Re is 0.25 or more and a value of Re is 25 or more where M100 represents a 100% modulus (MPa) of a contact portion of the cleaning blade contacts the intermediate transfer belt, and Re represents a rebound resilience coefficient (%) of the contact portion: L(r):=?{square root over (K(r)/?)}?r??(1) K ? ( r ) := ? i ? j N ? 1 ? ( ? X i - X j ? ? r ) / s ? ( ? X i - X j ? ) ? 2 .

Abstract: An endless belt includes a first resin and first conductive carbon particles. In the spatial distribution of the first conductive carbon particles present in an evaluation region of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt which has a size of 6.3 ?m×4.2 ?m, the integral of the statistic L(r) represented by Formula (1) below from 0.05 ?m to 0.30 ?m with respect to an interparticle distance r is 0 or more and 0.

Abstract: A semiconductive roller and a method of making the same, wherein the roller includes a conductive support and a semiconductive elastic layer disposed on a circumferential surface of the conductive support, the semiconductive elastic layer containing at least an epichlorohydrin rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and a conducting agent and having a foam structure, wherein, when the semiconductive roller is left to stand in pure water for 30 minutes, the chlorine ion content derived from the semiconductive elastic layer per unit area of the semiconductive elastic layer is approximately not more than 0.06 0.06 ?mol/cm2, wherein a mixing ratio of the epichlorohydrin rubber to the acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber ranges from 80/20 to 20/80 by mass and wherein no electricity has been run through the semiconductive roller prior to being immersed in the pure water.

Abstract: A semiconductive roller includes a conductive support and a semiconductive elastic layer disposed on a circumferential surface of the conductive support, the semiconductive elastic layer containing at least an epichlorohydrin rubber and a conducting agent and having a foam structure, wherein, when the semiconductive roller is left to stand in water for 30 minutes, the chlorine ion content derived from the semiconductive elastic layer per unit area of the semiconductive elastic layer is approximately not more than 0.06 ?mol/cm2.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an endless belt includes coating a solution containing a polyimide precursor and conductive particles on the circumferential surface of a core to form a first coating film, drying the first coating film so that the residual amount of a solvent of the first coating film falls within a range of from about 10% to about 20% in respective portions, coating a solution containing a polyimide precursor and conductive particles on the dried first coating film to form a second coating film, drying the second coating film, heating the first dried coating film and the dried second coating film so that the polyimide precursors are imidized, and removing the first coating film and the second coating film heated in the heating of the first coating film and second coating film from a core.

Abstract: A tubular member manufacturing method includes coating the surface of a rotating core body with a resin solution to form a coating film thereon while rotating the core body with the axis direction set to be horizontal, drying the coating film by blowing air to the core body with a saturated air volume with which a drying rate of the coating film is saturated, and stripping the dried coating film from the core body.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an endless belt member is provided, the method including: applying a film forming resin solution onto a surface of a cylindrical core body; drying the film forming resin solution applied on the core body while rotating the core body around an axial direction of the core body; providing a shielding member to one end side of the core body in the axial direction, the shielding member shielding a wind fed from the one end side; and manufacturing an endless belt member on which the film forming resin is solidified, by putting the core body to which the shielding member is provided into a heating furnace equipped with a blowing part that blows a hot air from the one end side, and heating the core body.