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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsutomu Nishiuwatoko, Kashiwa, JP;
Satoshi Kurihara, Toride, JP;
Teruhiko Sasaki, Toride, JP;
Toru Koizumi, Toride, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399111 ; 399350 ;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning blade urged against an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a cleaning frame to which the electrophotographic photosensitive member and a cleaning blade holding member and a dip sheet are attached, and wherein an area having a small gap is formed between an inner wall of the cleaning frame and the other end of the cleaning blade holding member opposite to one end to which the cleaning blade is attached.