Patent classifications
G
G03
G03G
2215/00
G03G2215/01
G03G2215/0103
G03G2215/0119
G03G2215/0138
G03G2215/0145
G03G2215/0145
CLEANING BLADE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A cleaning blade having a good followability of a contact portion to the surface to be cleaned, and being unlikely to cause turn-up, is provided. A cleaning blade includes an elastic member and a supporting member, and the elastic member has a hardened region at at least a part of a portion exposed to a surface thereof, and the hardened region includes a material containing a polyether structure and a nurated isocyanate structure.