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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
May. 11, 2005
Osamu Naruse, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Shakuto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Koganei, JP;
Osamu Naruse, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Shakuto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Koganei, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaner for cleaning a surface of a rotating material, including an elastic blade arranged to counter the rotating material while a tip of the elastic blade is contacted with the surface of the rotating material to clean the surface of the rotating material, wherein the elastic blade has a first surface facing the rotating material, and a second surface opposite to the first surface thereof, and wherein the elastic blade has a recessed portion, which has a bottom surface and a wall, in a rear portion of the second surface; and a support plate configured to support the elastic blade, wherein the support plate has a first surface facing the rotating material, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a tip surface, wherein the elastic blade is connected with the support plate in such a manner that the bottom surface and the wall of the recessed portion of the blade are contacted with the first surface and the tip surface of the support plate, respectively.