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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiki Nakane, Hachioji, JP;
Takenobu Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Kei Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Akiruno, JP;
Natsuko Minegishi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a cleaning member formed by an elastic body, and a member to be cleaned in which toner added with an external additive adheres to a surface, and the toner is to be cleaned by the cleaning member being in contact with the surface, wherein the cleaning member has a protrusion disposed on a cleaning surface extending from a contact part with the member to be cleaned, and facing a side where the toner is to be cleaned, of the member to be cleaned.