Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seal member, unit, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15407324Application Date: 2017-01-17
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Publication No.: US10310416B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Hiraku Sasaki , Hiroomi Matsuzaki , Kazuki Matsumoto
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2016-014998 20160129
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A seal member 14 which seals a gap among a rotating body 9 provided in an opening of a frame body 13, a blade 18a, and the frame body 13 in an end region in an axial direction of the rotating body 9, the seal member 14 including: a first seal portion 14b which comes into contact with the rotating body 9; a second seal portion 14e which comes into contact with the blade 18a; and a third seal portion 14f which is constituted by a surface formed in a stair shape and sequentially arranged between the first seal portion 14b and the second seal portion 14e and which is capable of reducing a gap formed between the rotating body 9 and the blade 18a due to rotation of the rotating body 9.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170219962A1 SEAL MEMBER, UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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