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Cleaning member having a cleaning material spirally wound around a shaft material, charging apparatus, and image forming apparatus

US9436115B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 2014
Grant dateSep 6, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0258
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a cleaning member, including a shaft material that rotates about an axial center, and a cleaning material that is spirally wound around the shaft material, is driven to be rotated by a rotating member to be cleaned, cleans the member to be cleaned, and has the number of windings which is equal to or greater than 1 and less than 2 in a cleaning area where the member to be cleaned is cleaned.

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