Title:
FOAM ROLLER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004278603
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a foam roller capable of stably demonstrating excellent toner transfer property and toner scraping property for a long time if it is used as a toner supply roller.
The foam roller characterised in that a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton 22 constituting a surface layer is partially cut to provide a plurality of continuous foam cells 21a-21d as a result of cutting of the skeleton 22, and if that is counted as a single cell, the rate of decrease in the number of cells per a specified area in a roller surface is -10 to -50% of the number of cells before the cutting process, is provided.
Inventors:
TAKAHASHI WATARU
KUSANO AKIRA
KUSANO AKIRA
Application Number:
JP2003069165A
Publication Date:
October 07, 2004
Filing Date:
March 14, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE CORP
International Classes:
G03G15/08; F16C13/00; (IPC1-7): F16C13/00; G03G15/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Kojima
Saori Shigematsu
Katsunari Kobayashi
Saori Shigematsu
Katsunari Kobayashi