SEALING MATERIAL COMPRISING CUT PILE FABRIC

A sealing material is provided that comprises woven pile fabric which reduces heat due to friction produced by contact with a rotating body or a straight body at an apparatus for utilization of toner or other such powder and which prevents leakage of fine particulate powder from such an apparatus. It is a sealing material 1 comprising cut pile woven fabric 3c having stripes which is characterized in that it is sealing member 2, being sealing material 1 for prevention of leakage of powder 8 from rotating body or straight body 7b, woven pile fabric 3b constituting sealing material 1 being woven pattern 3a having stripes which is woven from pile yarn 6 comprising a plurality of filaments 9, woven pattern 3a being cut pile woven fabric 3c having cut pile 4 at which pile 4 is of prescribed length, cut pile woven fabric 3c having steps 7e produced by differences in thickness of cut pile 4 comprising woven pattern 3e having stripes, and being such that length of cut pile 4 of prescribed length has cut pile length 4d which is greater than the spacing of a pitch between pile supporting yarns 5 that support pile 4.