Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning apparatus, and image forming apparatus including cleaning apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置和包括清洁装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13352880Application Date: 2012-01-18
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Publication No.: US08676109B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: Kei Wakayama
- Applicant: Kei Wakayama
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP
- Priority: JP2011-009470 20110120
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning blade configured to abut with a surface of the image carrier member, and to remove residual toner from the surface of the image carrier member; a cleaning roller rotatably configured to attach residual toner removed by the cleaning blade to the surface and make abrasive contact with the surface of the image carrier member; a toner layer regulating member configured to regulate residual toner attached to the cleaning roller to a predetermined toner layer thickness and scrape and remove excess residual toner; a frame member configured to store residual toner scraped and removed from the cleaning roller; and a toner supply member configured to make contact with the cleaning roller to attach residual toner stored in the frame member to the surface, and to attach residual toner attached to the surface to the cleaning roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120189363A1 CLEANING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING CLEANING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-07-26
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