Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15207058Application Date: 2016-07-11
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Publication No.: US09772583B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Einosuke Kikuchi
- 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: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2015-0149489 20150729
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
A cleaning device includes a cleaning member, a collecting roller and a cleaning blade. The cleaning member is disposed to be rotatable while being in contact with a surface of an image carrier configured to carry a toner image to the surface. The collecting roller is disposed to be rotatable while being in contact with the cleaning member at a downstream side from the image carrier in a rotation direction of the cleaning member. The cleaning blade is disposed while being in contact with the collecting roller in a counter direction with respect to rotation of the collecting roller at a downstream side from the cleaning member in a rotation direction of the collecting roller. The collecting roller is formed so as to have larger surface roughness at an end than that at a central part in an axial direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170031301A1 CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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