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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Kazuhiko Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kawamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kawamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a scraping member that scrapes foreign materials from a member to be cleaned while being in contact with the member to be cleaned, and a lubricant supply unit that supplies a lubricant upstream of a contact position between the member to be cleaned and the scraping member in a moving direction of the member to be cleaned. The lubricant supply unit supplies a powder of a solid lubricant containing a fatty acid metal salt and a fluorocarbon resin.