Notched end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device
US9835978B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 18, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1648
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an elastomeric body having a blade seal portion for sealing against a rear surface of a doctor blade and a curved rotary seal portion that extends from a bottom end of the blade seal portion for sealing against an outer surface of a rotatable developer roll. The end seal includes a cutout in an inner axial side of the body positioned at a point where the rotary seal portion and the blade seal portion meet.
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