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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2011
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A removable unit includes an endless belt-like member; a first contact member that contacts an inner surface of the belt-like member; a second contact member disposed upwardly of the first contact member in a direction of gravitational force when the removable unit is mounted to a body of an image forming apparatus; a first cleaning member disposed between the first contact member and the second contact member; and a second cleaning member disposed between the first cleaning member and the second contact member. The first cleaning member prevents an adherent cleaned off by the second cleaning member from moving downward in the direction of gravitational force along an inner peripheral surface of the belt-like member.