CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A cleaning device for use with an image forming apparatus includes: a frame; and a cleaning member for removing a developer from an image bearing member (drum). The cleaning member includes: a blade portion contacted to the drum; and a flexible supporting member, the supporting member including one...

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1. Verfasser: KASE TAKASHI
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:A cleaning device for use with an image forming apparatus includes: a frame; and a cleaning member for removing a developer from an image bearing member (drum). The cleaning member includes: a blade portion contacted to the drum; and a flexible supporting member, the supporting member including one end portion where the blade portion is provided, another end portion including a portion-to-be-fixed, and a bent portion between the one end portion and the another end portion and a contact portion. When a distance between the portion-to-be-fixed and the drum in a longitudinal central side of the portion-to-be-fixed is D1, and a distance between the portion-to-be-fixed and the image bearing member in each of longitudinal end sides of the portion-to-be-fixed is D2, the distances D1 and D2 satisfy: D1@D2.