Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with cleaning blade
- Patent Title (中): 具有清洁刮板的成像设备
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Application No.: US13772648Application Date: 2013-02-21
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Publication No.: US08953973B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Shozo Aiba , Motohiro Ogura , Takashi Ueno , Kengo Sato
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2012-041284 20120228; JP2013-025455 20130213
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable image bearing member; a toner image forming portion; a transfer member; a cleaning blade, provided downstream of the transfer member and upstream of the toner image forming portion with respect to a rotational direction of the image bearing member; a discharging member, provided downstream of the cleaning blade and upstream of the toner image forming portion with respect to the rotational direction; and a thin plate-like member provided downstream of the discharging member and upstream of the toner image forming portion with respect to the rotational direction. An end of the thin plate-like member is contacted to a surface of the image bearing member toward an upstream side with respect to the rotational direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130223872A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-08-29
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