Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning and sealing apparatus of an image forming apparatus and developing unit thereof
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置及其显影单元的清洁和密封装置
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Application No.: US11944492Application Date: 2007-11-23
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Publication No.: US07962060B2Publication Date: 2011-06-14
- Inventor: Ji Won Moon
- Applicant: Ji Won Moon
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Stanzione & Kim, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0012150 20070206
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus capable of cleaning contact members by using developer leakage preventing components includes a photosensitive member, a developer feeding member which feeds a developer to supply the developer to the photosensitive member, contact members which keep a development gap or a development nip constant between the photosensitive member and the developer feeding member, and a sealing member which contacts the developer feeding member to prevent the developer from leaking. The sealing member may include cleaning portions which contact the contact members to clean a surface of the contact members. The sealing member may further include a sealing portion for preventing leakage of the developer, and cut portions which section the sealing portion from the cleaning portions. The cleaning portions may extend in a direction different from the sealing portion and contact the contact members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080187353A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING UNIT THEREOF Public/Granted day:2008-08-07
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