Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device and image forming apparatus therewith
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Application No.: US15208189Application Date: 2016-07-12
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Publication No.: US09864320B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Teppei Shibuya , Ayaka Kurokawa , Satoru Nakamura
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP2015-147061 20150724
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A cleaning device includes a housing, a cleaning blade, and first and second sealing members. The housing has formed therein an opening facing an image carrying member. The cleaning blade removes toner that remains attached to the image carrying member while being in contact with the circumferential surface of the image carrying member. The first and second sealing members prevent waste toner inside the housing from leaking out through a gap between the housing and the image carrying member, owing to the first and second sealing members abutting on the circumferential surface of the image carrying member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170023907A1 CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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