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Charging member, charging device, detachable body, and image forming apparatus

  • US 9,110,400 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2013
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A charging member comprising:

  • a contact section that is in contact with a charged body rotating around an axis; and

    a supported section that is integrated with the contact section and is supported by a support member, the supported section having a lower hardness than the contact section,wherein the charging member is formed in a rectangular shape when viewed from a direction along the axis, andwherein a length in a thickness direction of the contact section of the charging member decreases continuously as a distance from an edge of the charging member in a length direction increases, the edge contacts with the charged body.

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