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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuji Takizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki-Kaisha KIP, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 15 ;
Abstract
A cleaning device for use in an electrophotographic apparatus for removing developer toners remaining on the surface of the photosensitive element after transfer printing a developed image therefrom to a receptor sheet. The cleaning device is provided with a cleaning device comprising a resilient inner member and an outer member provided thereon and frictionally contacted with the element to generate triboelectrical charges of opposite polarity to that of charges existing on the photosensitive element, at the time of being in frictional contact therewith.