Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hidetosi Yano

Kazuhiko Watanabe

Masahiko Shakuto

Osamu Naruse

A blade, including: a cut surface provided by obliquely cutting a part of a tip surface to set an angle forming a tip ridge portion of the blade as an obtuse angle, wherein the tip ridge portion is configured to be pressed to a surface to be cleaned.

Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

A cleaning device cleans off a toner from a surface of a member rotating in a first direction. The cleaning device includes a blade made of an elastic material including a tip portion with a slanting portion that is pressed against the surface in a second direction counter to the first direction. A supporter supports the blade. An angle between the slanting portion and a longitudinal direction of the blade is obtuse. The slanting portion is pressed against the surface at a surface pressure of 2.0 MPa or more.

Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus that include a blade that is pressed against a surface of a rotating member at a surface pressure of 2.0 MPa or more

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hidetosi Yano