The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1998
Hirofumi Kikuchi, Kodaira, JP;
Kunio Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a cleaning blade which is used for cleaning an image-forming body in an electrophotographic apparatus, and which has excellent performances in that the cleaning blade is minimized in the deflection of its tip part, never contaminates an image-forming body and so forth. The cleaning blade equipped with unevenness on at least part of a plate member excluding the portion of the plate member in direct contact with the image-forming body, is obtained by arranging a support member in a mold which is equipped with unevenness on at least part of the inside surface thereof in contact with a molding material for the plate member; then casting the molding material for the plate member in the mold; and curing the molding material to integrate the plate member and the support member.