Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置,处理盒和成像装置
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Application No.: US11854120Application Date: 2007-09-12
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Publication No.: US07680446B2Publication Date: 2010-03-16
- Inventor: Takeshi Shintani , Kaoru Yoshino , Satoshi Hatori , Hiroshi Ono , Akio Kosuge , Takaya Muraishi
- Applicant: Takeshi Shintani , Kaoru Yoshino , Satoshi Hatori , Hiroshi Ono , Akio Kosuge , Takaya Muraishi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-252049 20060919
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, an electrostatic latent image forming member, a developing member, a transferring member, and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a cleaning brush contacting with a photosensitive member to remove residual toner on the surface of the photosensitive member and a lubricant supplying brush contacting with the photosensitive member to supply a lubricant to the surface of the photosensitive member. The lubricant supplying brush is configured to change an amount of the lubricant supplied to the surface of the photosensitive member depending on a linear speed of the photosensitive member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080069614A1 CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-03-20
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