Image forming apparatus having cleaning blade with surface coated layer at a tip end thereof
US5438400A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0017
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a rotating image bearing member, and a cleaning blade having a surface coating layer to be abutted against the image bearing member for removing residual toner from the image bearing member. The surface coating layer has a coating material bead at a position out of a tip end of the cleaning blade, and a distance between the coating material bead and the tip end of the cleaning blade is greater than a width of an abutment area between the image bearing member and the cleaning blade.
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