Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning unit, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁单元,处理盒和成像设备
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Application No.: US14037896Application Date: 2013-09-26
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Publication No.: US09304444B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Hiroki Shimizu , Susumu Nittani , Keisuke Nomura , Hideki Kakuta
- 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: JP2012-214638 20120927; JP2012-216922 20120928; JP2013-176753 20130828
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
A cleaning unit for an image forming apparatus includes a frame; a cleaning blade; a first seal sealing between the frame and the blade, provided by injection molding into the frame adjacent to an axial end; and a second seal between the frame and the drum, provided opposing to the free end portion adjacent to the axial end portion, and the second seal having a L-like configuration with projection extending in a direction crossing with the axial direction outwardly beyond an end surface of the blade, wherein the first seal includes a base portion provided at a position inside of the end surface and extending in the crossing direction and an extension extending from the base portion in the axial direction, the extension having a free end portion compressed by the projection to seal between the projection and the frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140086618A1 CLEANING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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