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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Ken Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ken Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning blade is disposed in an abutting relation with an image bearing body and configured to remove residual developer material from the image bearing body. The cleaning blade has a tan δ peak temperature equal to or higher than 8.6° C. and lower than 45° C., and any one of a Young's modulus equal to or higher than 13 Mpa and lower than 140 Mpa, a tensile strength equal to or higher than 37.3 Mpa and lower than 76 Mpa, a hardness equal to or higher than 83° and lower than 97°, and a tearing strength equal to or higher than 59 kgf/cm and lower than 118 kgf/cm.