- Patent Title: Cleaning apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15077072Application Date: 2016-03-22
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Publication No.: US09658591B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Mitsui , Hideki Maeshima , Shuichi Gofuku , Go Shindo , Jun Miura
- 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: JP2015-069583 20150330
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/12 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to reduce noise which results from vibration of a cleaning member. A cleaning apparatus 23 includes a cleaning member 3 that removes developer on an image bearing member 1, a container 5 in which the developer removed by the cleaning member 3 is contained, and a sheet member 4 that contacts the image bearing member 1. A part of the sheet member 4 that contacts the image bearing member 1 is subjected to surface roughing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160291531A1 CLEANING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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