Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置,定影装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12144078Application Date: 2008-06-23
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Publication No.: US07869752B2Publication Date: 2011-01-11
- Inventor: Shin Kayahara , Takashi Fujita , Takeshi Takemoto , Hiromitsu Takagaki , Takashi Seto , Kazumi Suzuki , Atsushi Nagata
- Applicant: Shin Kayahara , Takashi Fujita , Takeshi Takemoto , Hiromitsu Takagaki , Takashi Seto , Kazumi Suzuki , Atsushi Nagata
- 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: JP2007-165709 20070623; JP2007-194245 20070726
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A cleaning device including a cleaning member that moves in a predetermined direction and is in contact with a cleaning target that moves in a predetermined direction and which is directly or indirectly heated by a heater, to remove toner particles on a surface of the cleaning target. A contact surface of the cleaning member with the cleaning target includes a plurality of regions of different toner-releasing ability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090003898A1 CLEANING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-01-01
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