| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cartridge and an image forming apparatus capable of accurately attaching a thin plate member to a frame body. <P>SOLUTION: There is provided a cartridge 2 attachable to/detachable from an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus which comprises: a thin plate member 15 which is attached to a frame body 24 and abuts on a rotor 21 to prevent a developer from being leaked from between the frame body 24 and the rotor 21; and an adhesive member 10 integrally molded with the frame body 24 with a thermoplastic resin having a modulus of longitudinal elasticity smaller than that of the frame body 24, wherein the thin plate member 15 is welded to the adhesive member 10 along the longitudinal direction of the adhesive member 10 to be attached to the frame body 24 and the cross-sectional shape crossing the longitudinal direction of the adhesive member 10 is a shape in which the width gradually increases toward the frame body 24 side from the thin plate member 15 side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
