Abstract: A method of manufacturing a two-layer roll having a foamed elastic layer provided on a core, and an elastic layer provided on the foamed elastic layer includes the steps of forming the elastic layer by use of a cylindrical mold holding a first cylindrical member used to form the outer cylindrical surface of the elastic layer, the first cylindrical member being manufactured by means of machining a solid member; forming a solid primary layer on the core by means of side extrusion; setting the formed elastic layer and the core having the solid primary layer formed thereon in a second cylindrical member of a foaming mold; and foaming the solid primary layer into the foamed elastic layer to form the two-layer roll having the formed elastic layer and the elastic layer.

Abstract: The method for performing surface treatment of a rubber member includes impregnating a rubber member with a first surface-treatment liquid containing an isocyanate component and an organic solvent, to thereby form a first impregnation layer, and sequentially treating a surface of the rubber member, without exposure to air, with a second surface-treatment liquid for partially removing the isocyanate component present in the first impregnation layer.

Abstract: The conductive rubber member of the invention has a conductive elastic layer to which conductivity has been imparted and which serves as an outermost layer, and a surface-treated layer formed through impregnating a surface of the conductive elastic layer with a surface-treatment liquid containing at least an isocyanate component and an organic solvent, wherein the surface-treated layer is formed of an upper portion on the outermost side, and a lower portion beneath the upper portion, the upper portion has a density of the isocyanate component which is greater on the inner side than on the surface side within the upper portion, and the lower portion has a density of the isocyanate component that gradually decreases inwardly.

Abstract: A cleaning blade member includes a cleaning layer and an elastic layer provided on the cleaning layer's back surface. Both are formed of a polyurethane member produced through curing and molding a castable polyurethane composition, the cleaning layer containing a long-chain polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a diamino compound having a melting point ?80° C., the elastic layer containing a long-chain polyol, a polyisocyanate, a short-chain diol, and a short-chain triol, and has a percent edge drooping ?7.0%, the cleaning and elastic layers have Young's modulus contribution factors Ra and Rb, respectively. (Rb/Ra)=0.05-6.0. Ra=[TaEa/(Ta+Tb)]. Rb=[TbEb/(Ta+Tb)]. Ea and Eb are Young's modulus of the cleaning and elastic layers, respectively. Ta and Tb represent the thicknesses of the cleaning and elastic layers, respectively, and the overall Young's modulus of the cleaning layer and elastic layer is (Ra+Rb)=5.0-14.0 MPa.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning member which can be produced at low cost and which maintains excellent cleaning performance for a long period of time. The cleaning member includes a core member, a lower layer formed through winding a cord member around the core member at the surface thereof, and an upper layer provided on the outer surface of the lower layer. The upper layer is formed of at least one fiber layer made of woven fabric or knitted fabric.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning member which can be produced at low cost and which maintains excellent cleaning performance for a long period of time. The cleaning member has a lower layer formed through winding a double-faced tape formed of a sponge member having an adhesive layer on each side thereof around the surface of a core member, and an upper layer provided on the outer surface of the lower layer. The upper layer is formed of at least one fiber layer made of woven fabric or knitted fabric.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a conductive rubber member which exhibits small environmental dependency and stable electrical resistance. The conductive rubber member is formed of a conductive elastic layer which has been imparted with conductivity by means of a conductivity-imparting agent. The conductive elastic layer has, at a surface portion thereof, a surface-treated layer which has been formed through impregnating the surface with a surface-treatment liquid containing an isocyanate component and an ion-conducting polymer.

Abstract: A cleaning blade member for use in a cleaning section for removing toner on a toner-deposited body, the cleaning blade member comprising: an edge layer contacting the toner-deposited body; and a back layer provided on a back side of the edge layer, and wherein the edge layer has a Young's modulus of 8 to 20 MPa and an impact resilience at 25° C. of 20 to 40%, and when the Young's modulus of the edge layer is designated as Ea, a Young's modulus of the back layer is designated as Eb, a thickness of the edge layer is designated as Ta, and a thickness of the back layer is designated as Tb, a ratio (Rb/Ra) between a contribution rate Ra of the Young's modulus of the edge layer represented by the following equation (1), and a contribution rate Rb of the Young's modulus of the back layer represented by the following equation (2) is 0.01 to 6.0, and a total Young's modulus (Ra+Rb) of the edge layer and the back layer is 7 to 14 MPa: Ra=[TaEa/(Ta+Tb)]??(1) Rb=[TbEb/(Ta+Tb)].

Abstract: The invention provides a cleaning blade member having a controlled friction coefficient and a method for producing the same. The cleaning blade member, for use in a cleaning part for removing toner deposits, is formed of a polyurethane having a ratio of rebound resilience at 25° C. to Young's modulus (rebound resilience at 25° C./Young's modulus) of 4.5 or less.

Abstract: A fixing rotating body of the present invention comprises a substrate and a mixture with which a surface of the substrate is coated without any primer layer, the mixture mainly containing a fluororesin composed of 60 to 90% by weight of a perfluoroalkoxy resin (PFA) and 40 to 10% by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (with the proviso that PFA+PTFE=100% by weight) and a binder, and is hard to cause the problem of thermal conductivity to a surface of the fluororesin layer and excellent in abrasion resistance and releasing ability.

Abstract: The invention provides a feed/transport roller formed of polyurethane material, which roller has high wear resistance as well as low hardness for providing excellent sheet feeding capacity and which meets a recent requirement; i.e., high durability for allowing high-speed operation. The feed/transport roller has an elastic layer formed of a castable polyurethane produced through reaction of a polyester-polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 3,000 with a polyisocyanate, wherein the elastic layer is formed from the polyester-polyol, the polyisocyanate, an adipic acid ester derivative serving as a plasticizer, a short-chain diol having a molecular weight of 70 to 120 serving as a chain-extender, and a triol having a number average molecular weight of 3,000 to 5,000 serving as a cross-liking agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning blade member which can be excellently produced by molding and which exhibits small variation in physical properties with temperature, and excellent wear resistance. The cleaning blade member formed of a castable polyurethane member produced through hardening and molding a polyurethane composition containing at least a polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a diamino compound, wherein the diamino compound has a melting point of 80° C. or lower, the polyisocyanate is a blend of 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and 3,3-dimethylphenyl-4,4-diisocyanate (TODI), and the ratio of TODI in the entirety of polyisocyanate is 30 to 100% by weight.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning blade member exhibiting excellent mechanical properties including wear resistance. The cleaning blade member formed of a rubber-like elastic material produced through reaction of a long-chain polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 to 3,800, an isocyanate, and an isocyanurate derivative having two or more OH groups, wherein the isocyanurate derivative is employed in an amount of 0.5 to 15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the long-chain polyol.