Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US12484294Application Date: 2009-06-15
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Publication No.: US08190077B2Publication Date: 2012-05-29
- Inventor: Osamu Naruse , Hidetoshi Yano , Kenji Sugiura , Naomi Sugimoto , Hiroki Nakamatsu
- Applicant: Osamu Naruse , Hidetoshi Yano , Kenji Sugiura , Naomi Sugimoto , Hiroki Nakamatsu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
- Priority: JP2008-156750 20080616
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
A cleaning device 20 for removing a toner remaining on an image bearing member 5A after transfer, including: a polarity control member 23 configured to unify polarities of the remaining toner on the image bearing member 5A, a cleaning member 25 configured to remove the remaining toner having a polarity unified by the polarity control member 23, a collecting member 24 configured to collect the remaining toner transferred to the cleaning member 25, a blade 26 configured to remove the remaining toner from the collecting member 24, and a brush roller 21 configured to sweep the remaining toner on the image bearing member 5A and inject charge, disposed upstream of the polarity control member 23 in the traveling direction of the image bearing member 5A.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090311004A1 CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-12-17
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