Cleaning apparatus and process cartridge having such cleaning apparatus
US6137973A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 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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