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Cleaning member, cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus

US8995900B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8995900-B2
Application numberUS-201214131060-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 29, 2012
Priority dateAug 30, 2011
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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Abstract

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A cleaning member includes a blade portion contacted to a member-to-be-cleaned with respect to a direction counter to a movement direction of the member-to-be-cleaned, and a flexible supporting member. The supporting member includes one end portion where the blade portion is provided, another end portion including a portion-to-be-fixed for being fixed at the fixing portion, and a bent portion between the one end portion and the other end portion in a side remote from a surface of the member-to-be-cleaned toward an outside with respect to a line connecting the portion-to-be-fixed and a contact portion where the blade portion is contacted to the member-to-be-cleaned. The portion-to-be-fixed is provided downstream of the contact portion with respect to the movement direction of the member-to-be-cleaned. The blade portion is supported by the supporting member in contact to only the one end portion.

First claim

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The invention claimed is: 1. A cleaning member, to be fixed at a fixing portion, for removing a developer from a surface of a member to be cleaned, said cleaning member comprising: a blade portion contacted to the member to be cleaned with respect to a direction counter to a movement direction of the member to be cleaned; and a flexible supporting member for supporting said blade portion, said supporting member comprising one end portion where said blade portion is provided, ano…

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What does patent US8995900B2 cover?
A cleaning member includes a blade portion contacted to a member-to-be-cleaned with respect to a direction counter to a movement direction of the member-to-be-cleaned, and a flexible supporting member. The supporting member includes one end portion where the blade portion is provided, another end portion including a portion-to-be-fixed for being fixed at the fixing portion, and a bent portion b…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Shindo Kenji, Uyama Masao, Ojima Masaki, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G03G15/0896. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).