Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device, image carrier unit, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置，图像载体单元和成像装置
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Application No.: US13914455Application Date: 2013-06-10
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Publication No.: US08989646B2Publication Date: 2015-03-24
- Inventor: Masaki Kadota , Shigeki Tsukahara , Koichi Hayashi
- 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: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-134554 20120614
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00
Abstract:
A cleaning device includes a rotary member, a sheet member, and a toner conveying member. The rotary member is held in contact with a cylindrical surface of an image carrier above a rotation axis of the image carrier. The sheet member is in contact at a distal end thereof with the cylindrical surface of the image carrier above the rotation axis of the image carrier and upstream of a contact position of the rotary member with the cylindrical surface of the image carrier in a direction of rotation of the image carrier. The toner conveying member is disposed above the sheet member and facing the peripheral surface of the rotary member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130336694A1 CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE CARRIER UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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