Belt cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus
US8244151B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/161
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A belt cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning blade and a waste toner case. The cleaning blade is a plate-like elastic member that extends in parallel with a width direction of an intermediate transfer belt and is provided so that one end of a lateral direction thereof abuts on an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt. The waste toner case supports the other end in the lateral direction of the cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is formed such that a width W1 of the one end in the lateral direction thereof is longer than a width W2 of an elastic layer in the width direction of the intermediate transfer belt.
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