Blade and image forming apparatus incorporating same
Abstract:
A multilayered blade made of an elastic material includes an edge layer, having a contact edge to contact an object, and at least one backup layer laminated on the edge layer.The blade has a converted loss tangent tan δ of 0.23 or greater and 0.51 or smaller in a temperature range of from 0° C. to 50° C. The converted loss tangent tan δ is defined as: X = A A + B × L 1 + B A + B × L 2 , where X represents the converted loss tangent tan δ, A represents a thickness in millimeters of the edge layer, B represents a thickness in millimeters of the at least one backup layer, L1 represents a variation of a loss tangent tan δ of the edge layer in the temperature range of from 0° C. to 50° C., and L2 represents a variation of a loss tangent tan δ of the at least one backup layer in the temperature range of from 0° C. to 50° C.
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