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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2009
Hiroaki Akamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sakanobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Akamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sakanobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade member that has a tip abutting a surface of an image carrier so as to remove a residue remaining on the surface of the image carrier; an attaching member that includes a first attachment piece to which a base end of the cleaning blade member is attached, and a second attachment piece which is provided so as to intersect the first attachment piece at a predetermined angle; a housing member to which one of the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece is fixed at both ends along a longitudinal direction thereof; and an external force exerting member that exerts an external force in a direction which intersects a surface of the other one of the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece, which is not fixed to the housing member.