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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Kawanago, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0011 (2013.01); G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 21/0029 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which transfers a toner image formed on an image carrier onto a transfer object and forms an image, the apparatus including: a cleaner which has a rigid blade made of metal that contacts the image carrier after transferring of the toner image onto the transfer object and cleans a residue attached to a surface of the image carrier, wherein the image carrier has a base layer and an elastic layer, and a surface hardness of the elastic layer measured by a nanoindentation method is 70 MPa or more and 150 MPa or less, and a thickness of the rigid blade is 100 μm or more and 300 μm or less.