G03G2215/0145

CLEANING BLADE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
20170003644 · 2017-01-05 ·

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.