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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Fuyuki Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Rokutan, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning member includes a core and an elastic layer that is helically wound around an outer peripheral surface of the core. The elastic layer is divided into three or more elastic layer sections in a width direction, and a width of the elastic layer sections at both ends in the width direction is greater than a width of the one or more elastic layer sections in a central region between the elastic layer sections at both ends in the width direction. Alternatively, the elastic layer is divided into three or more elastic layer sections in the width direction, and a minimum thickness of the elastic layer sections at both ends in the width direction is smaller than a minimum thickness of the one or more elastic layer sections in the central region between the elastic layer sections at both ends in the width direction.