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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2005
Motohiro Ogura, Kashiwa, JP;
Motohiro Ogura, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus in which the contact point portion between the metal plate and rubber blade of a cleaning blade is made into a surface to thereby alleviate the concentration of stress in that portion and prevent the occurrence of the squat of the cleaning blade, and high cleaning performance can be maintained for a long period. In the cleaning apparatus provided with a cleaning bladeincluding a rubber bladeadhesively secured to or molded integrally with a metal platean elastic layeris provided on the distal end portion of the metal plateof the cleaning blade, and the elastic layersupports a surface opposite to that surface of the cleaning blade which contacts with a drum, together with the metal plate.