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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2010
Yuichi Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Takuma Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsurou Sasamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Takuma Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsurou Sasamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed cleaning device for removing adhering matter from a surface of a member subject to cleaning includes a belt-shaped film member arranged in a stretched configuration capable of being wound or endlessly move in a direction opposite to a surface movement direction of the member subject to cleaning while being in contact with the surface of the member subject to cleaning, and a cleaning blade configured to abut on the surface of the member subject to cleaning via the belt-shaped film member at a position where the belt-shaped film member is brought into contact with the member subject to cleaning.