Cleaning apparatus

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2007-10-30

2007-10-30

Chen, Sophia S. (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Cleaning of imaging surface

Blade

C399S351000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11206267

ABSTRACT:
A cleaning apparatus in which the contact point portion between the metal plate and rubber blade of a cleaning blade is made into a surface to thereby alleviate the concentration of stress in that portion and prevent the occurrence of the squat of the cleaning blade, and high cleaning performance can be maintained for a long period. In the cleaning apparatus provided with a cleaning blade22including a rubber blade3dadhesively secured to or molded integrally with a metal plate31,an elastic layer3cis provided on the distal end portion of the metal plate31of the cleaning blade, and the elastic layer3csupports a surface opposite to that surface of the cleaning blade which contacts with a drum, together with the metal plate.

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