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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Sakemi, Inagi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399350 ; 430111 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member holding a toner thereon, and a cleaning blade coming into touch with the image bearing member to remove the toner remaining on the image bearing member. The cleaning blade has a tensile strength of from 80 to 120 kg/cm.sup.2.