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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Makoto Sakanobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Akamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sakanobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Akamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning member includes a cleaning part whose one end portion comes into contact with a surface of an image carrier, and a supporting part that supports the cleaning part and applies a force for pressing the one end portion of the cleaning part to the surface of the image carrier, wherein a surface of a first portion including the one end portion of the cleaning part is bonded to the supporting part with a first adhesive layer, and a surface of a second portion including the other end portion opposite to the one end portion of the cleaning part is bonded to the supporting part with a second adhesive layer having a Type-A durometer hardness which is lower than that of the first adhesive layer.