| 摘要 |
Provided are: a roller - in particular, a conductive roller, by which when the roller is mounted in an image forming apparatus, cutting debris which is generated from the end portion of the roller and which is caused by contact with other members within the apparatus, can be suppressed; and an image forming apparatus using the same. The roller is provided with a shaft 1 and a base layer 2 disposed on the outer circumference of the shaft. A filler layer 4 covering the base layer is provided to each of the end surfaces of both end portions of the base layer in the roller shaft direction. The filler layer is made of a material which has a fracture strain of 120% or more as measured according to the tensile test of JIS K 7127 and has a tensile strength at 100% elongation of 5-30 N/mm2 as measured according to the tensile test of JIS K 7127. |
