Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning unit, cartridge, image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16826408Application Date: 2020-03-23
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Publication No.: US10928768B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Kohei Matsuda , Hiraku Sasaki , Hiroki Ogino , Kentaro Kawata , Shun Sato , Yasushi Katsuta
- 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: JPJP2019-067307 20190329
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/00 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
Provided are a cleaning member that scrapes developer from a photosensitive drum attached to an opening of a cleaning frame, and a transport member that transports scraped developer from an opening side of the frame towards an opposing deep side. The transport member is driven such that an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement of the transport sheet in a direction from the opening side towards the deep side is smaller than an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement in a reverse direction of the former direction. In the longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum, the width of the transport member is smaller than an abutting width of an abutting portion of the cleaning member with the photosensitive drum, and ends of the transport member in the longitudinal direction are positioned inward of ends of the abutting portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200310334A1 CLEANING UNIT, CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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