Invention Grant
US08238781B2 Image forming apparatus having cleaning member for cleaning transmission member
有权
图像形成装置具有用于清洁透射部件的清洁部件
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having cleaning member for cleaning transmission member
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置具有用于清洁透射部件的清洁部件
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Application No.: US13193370Application Date: 2011-07-28
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Publication No.: US08238781B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Shinichi Ueda , Kazushi Ino , Tamotsu Kaneko , Satoshi Murasaki , Ken-ichi Tomita
- Applicant: Shinichi Ueda , Kazushi Ino , Tamotsu Kaneko , Satoshi Murasaki , Ken-ichi Tomita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA Inc IP Division
- Priority: JP2007-049132 20070228; JP2008-014551 20080125
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an optical unit provided below the photosensitive drum and including a cover glass for transmitting light emitted toward the photosensitive drum, and a cleaning member configured to clean a surface of the cover glass. The cleaning member includes a cleaning sheet configured to move foreign substances on the surface, and a wiping member configured to wipe foreign substances from the surface. The cleaning sheet and the wiping member move in contact with the surface of the cover glass when the cleaning member cleans the surface. The wiping member moves in contact with a portion of the surface of the cover glass after the cleaning sheet moves in contact with the portion. Accordingly, the cover glass can be reliably cleaned even when an unexpectedly large number of foreign substances that vary in particle size and shape adhere to the cover glass.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110286761A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-11-24
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