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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Yuka Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichiro Juri, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Gondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Mizutani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichiro Juri, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Gondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Mizutani, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning blade including an elastic member configured to be in contact with a surface of a cleaning-target member to remove deposited matter deposited on the surface of the cleaning-target in member, wherein the elastic member includes a base and a surface layer formed of a cured product of a curable composition, the surface layer is formed on at least part of a bottom surface of the base including a contact part to be in contact with the cleaning-target member, where the bottom surface of the base is a surface of the base facing a downstream side along a traveling direction of the cleaning-target member relative to the contact part, and an average film thickness of the surface layer at the contact part is 10 μm or greater but 100 μm or less.