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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Masato Yanagida, Meguro-ku, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Sampe, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Yokohama, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Suginami-ku, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kamakura, JP;
Masami Tomita, Numazu, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Yamakami, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Yanagida, Meguro-ku, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Sampe, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Yokohama, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Suginami-ku, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kamakura, JP;
Masami Tomita, Numazu, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Yamakami, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging device including a charging roller having a metallic cylinder with an elastic layer disposed thereon, and a cleaner for cleaning the surface of the charging roller. The cleaner includes a driving shaft and a cleaning roller rotatably mounted on the driving shaft. The cleaning roller is made of a non-cellular foam resin having a density of from 5 to 15 kg/mand a tensile strength of from 1.2 to 2.2 kg/cm.