Cleaning member for image forming apparatus including a protrusion
US10795306B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0011
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a cleaning member formed by an elastic body, and a member to be cleaned in which toner added with an external additive adheres to a surface, and the toner is to be cleaned by the cleaning member being in contact with the surface, wherein the cleaning member has a protrusion disposed on a cleaning surface extending from a contact part with the member to be cleaned, and facing a side where the toner is to be cleaned, of the member to be cleaned.
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