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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2007
Tomoyuki Oda, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Murase, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Hidenori Takenaka, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Horiuchi, Nara, JP;
Jumpei Hobo, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Oda, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Murase, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Hidenori Takenaka, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Horiuchi, Nara, JP;
Jumpei Hobo, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A seal memberprevents leakage of developer to the side of a photosensitive drumwhen cleaning the surface of the photosensitive drumof a color printerand has a contact portionand a movement control portion. The contact portion, through which developer is unable to pass, is able to deform elastically in a direction, and to approach and to separate from the surface of the photosensitive drumable to be in line contact with the surface of the photosensitive drumsuch that developer is unable to pass between the surface of the photosensitive drumand the contact portion. The movement control portionis connected to the contact portion, and configured to control the movement of the seal memberwith the rotation of the photosensitive drumof the contact portion