METHOD FOR PRODUCING REGENERATED ELASTIC ROLLER, REGENERATED ELASTIC ROLLER, ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHY PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

Provided is a method for producing a regenerated elastic roller, which removes a toner fixture from the surface without giving any physical damage and deteriorating the characteristics and which can be reused as the various elastic rollers of an image forming apparatus utilizing an electronic photography process. The regenerated elastic roller obtained is used to provide an electronic photography process cartridge capable of promoting the effective use of resources, and an electronic photography image forming apparatus. The regenerated elastic roller producing method comprises the step of removing the toner fixture from the surface of the elastic roller having a core and an elastic layer around the core. The step includes (1) the step (1) of pushing a push roller onto the elastic roller to load the elastic roller with a pressure, and (2) the step (2) of bringing an adhesive roller having an adhesive layer on its surface into contact with the elastic roller thereby to adhere the toner fixture to the adhesive roller.