Cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
US7493075B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/001
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cleaning device, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus including an antifriction agent coating part and a toner removing part. The antifriction agent coating part coats a solid antifriction agent on the surface of an image support body, and is disposed in an upstream side from a cleaning blade with respect to a rotational direction of the image support body. The toner removing part removes toner particles, and is disposed in an upstream side from the antifriction agent coating part with respect to the rotational direction of the image support body and a portion of the toner removing part is positioned below a portion of the antifriction agent coating part in a vertical direction perpendicular to the ground.
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