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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norihiko Kubo, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ; G03G 2/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ; G03G 2/110 ;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning member contacting with a surface of an image bearing body bearing a toner image for collecting toner, a toner carrying member for carrying the collected toner and a toner breaking member disposed in the vicinity of a contact portion between the image bearing body and the cleaning member for breaking the toner in the vicinity of the contact portion. The toner breaking member moves in cooperation with a toner carrying operation of the toner carrying member.