发明申请
- 专利标题: CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS UNIT INCORPORATING SAME
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申请号: US15460531申请日: 2017-03-16
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公开(公告)号: US20170269511A1公开(公告)日: 2017-09-21
- 发明人: Daisuke TOMITA , Takeshi Shintani , Hiroshi Mizusawa , Yasuhiro Maehata , Yasuhito Kuboshima , Yuta Azeyanagi
- 申请人: Daisuke TOMITA , Takeshi Shintani , Hiroshi Mizusawa , Yasuhiro Maehata , Yasuhito Kuboshima , Yuta Azeyanagi
- 优先权: JP2016-055472 20160318
- 主分类号: G03G21/00
- IPC分类号: G03G21/00
摘要:
A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade disposed in contact with a rotator, a toner collecting section disposed along the rotator and the cleaning blade and includes a groove extending in an axial direction of the rotator, a conveyor disposed in the groove, and an agitator disposed on a side of a rim of the groove. The conveyor rotates to convey the toner in a longitudinal direction of the groove. The agitator vibrates through contact with the conveyor and includes comb-tooth portions lined in a comb shape in the longitudinal direction of the groove, and bent portions, each of which is bent from an end of one of the comb-tooth portions. The comb-tooth portions contact a circumference of the conveyor to vibrate. The bent portions are lined at intervals smaller than intervals on a base side of the comb-tooth portions.