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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2002
Ryoji Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Shinsuke Kawashima, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Koyanagi, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Yonemoto, Osaka, JP;
Yuzo Onishi, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device according to the present invention has first seals and a second seal adhered so as to partly overlap each other for sealing a space between a housing of the cleaning device and the surface of a photoreceptive member. The first seals include seal bases and a flocked sheet layered on the seal bases. The portion of the seal base where the second seal overlaps is made smaller in thickness than the portion of the seal base where the second seal does not overlap. Therefore, no step is formed in the overlapped portion, thereby preventing toner leakage.