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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:
Jul. 02, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jun-ichi Koiso, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G30G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355299 ; 1525651 ; 118652 ; 355296 ;
Abstract
A toner seal method and apparatus, wherein the leakage of a residual toner on a photosensitive member surface, which is removed by a blade of a photosensitive member cleaning device inside an electrophotographic recording apparatus and stored in a recovery casing is prevented by a toner seal member. The seal member is folded so as to come into contact with the photosensitive member surface, an end surface of the blade and an end surface of a toner guide plate for the casing and bonded to the casing near a photosensitive member.