Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US11957782Application Date: 2007-12-17
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Publication No.: US07873302B2Publication Date: 2011-01-18
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Kawakami , Koji Kato , Hirobumi Ooyoshi , Tomofumi Yoshida , Kenzo Tatsumi , Yoshiyuki Shimizu , Tomohiro Kubota
- Applicant: Yoshihiro Kawakami , Koji Kato , Hirobumi Ooyoshi , Tomofumi Yoshida , Kenzo Tatsumi , Yoshiyuki Shimizu , Tomohiro Kubota
- 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: JP2006-342109 20061220
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade, a receiving member, an inlet seal, an adhering member, and an end seal. The cleaning blade is brought into contact with a photosensitive drum to remove residual toner therefrom. The receiving member receives the residual toner. The inlet seal guides the residual toner to the receiving member. The adhering member adheres the inlet seal to the receiving member. The end seal is arranged along the end portions of the cleaning blade and the inlet seal. The inlet seal covers the end seal and extends out from the end seal in its longitudinal direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080152408A1 CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-06-26
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