Cleaning blade and process for producing same
US6083433A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0017
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a cleaning blade which is used for cleaning an image-forming body in an electrophotographic apparatus, and which has excellent performances in that the cleaning blade is minimized in the deflection of its tip part, never contaminates an image-forming body and so forth. The cleaning blade equipped with unevenness on at least part of a plate member excluding the portion of the plate member in direct contact with the image-forming body, is obtained by arranging a support member in a mold which is equipped with unevenness on at least part of the inside surface thereof in contact with a molding material for the plate member; then casting the molding material for the plate member in the mold; and curing the molding material to integrate the plate member and the support member.
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