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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Yoshihiro Mizoguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshiaki Ijima, Dazaifu, JP;
Yoshihiro Mizoguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshiaki Ijima, Dazaifu, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, the workability of assembling of a cleaning blade is improved, and the dimensional accuracy between the cleaning blade and a photosensitive member is properly ensured. A cleaning bladehaving a body portionconfigured by an elastic plate member and a planar base plate portionto which the body portionis secured is held and secured by: a first butting part Pwhich is a predetermined position in a first face Spositioned in a front portion of the base plate portionin the rotation direction of a photosensitive drumto; a second butting part Pwhich is in a second face Sopposed to the first face S, and which is positioned closer to the photosensitive drumtothan the first butting part P; a third butting part Pwhich is an end part of the base plate portionthat is opposite to the photosensitive drumto; and the photosensitive drum.