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Cleaning apparatus and process cartridge having such cleaning apparatus

US6137973A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateNov 27, 1998
Grant dateOct 24, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1618
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning blade urged against an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a cleaning frame to which the electrophotographic photosensitive member and a cleaning blade holding member and a dip sheet are attached, and wherein an area having a small gap is formed between an inner wall of the cleaning frame and the other end of the cleaning blade holding member opposite to one end to which the cleaning blade is attached.

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