Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11960877Application Date: 2007-12-20
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Publication No.: US07693446B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Hiroshi Nakano , Koichi Kubo
- Applicant: Hiroshi Nakano , Koichi Kubo
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2006-351665 20061227
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
There is provided a cleaning apparatus capable of preventing counter-bending of a stripper blade in a more reliable manner. The cleaning apparatus removes toner from a circulation mechanism having a circulating surface that circulates in a two-dimensional manner around one pivotal shaft or two or more pivotal shafts parallel to each other in a housing, the toner attaching to the circulating surface. The cleaning apparatus includes a stripper blade, a securing section, and a counter-bending prevention member. The counter-bending prevention member is formed separately from the securing section and disposed on a downstream side of the stripper blade in the circulation direction of the circulating surface. The counter-bending prevention member prevents bending of the one end portion of the stripper blade on the downstream side in the circulation direction of the circulating surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080175618A1 Cleaning Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-07-24
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