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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2008
Shin Kayahara, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Takemoto, Yamato, JP;
Hiromitsu Takagaki, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Seto, Yokohama, JP;
Kazumi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Atsugi, JP;
Shin Kayahara, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Takemoto, Yamato, JP;
Hiromitsu Takagaki, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Seto, Yokohama, JP;
Kazumi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Atsugi, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device including a cleaning member that moves in a predetermined direction and is in contact with a cleaning target that moves in a predetermined direction and which is directly or indirectly heated by a heater, to remove toner particles on a surface of the cleaning target. A contact surface of the cleaning member with the cleaning target includes a plurality of regions of different toner-releasing ability.