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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Masahiko Shakuto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Horike, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiko Shakuto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Horike, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a blade member having an end that touches an image carrier that caries a toner image made with toner, a vibratable member to which the blade member is fixed, and a vibrating unit that vibrates the vibratable member in such a manner that the end of the blade member does not curl.