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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
May. 24, 2010
Gun Heo, Yongin-si, KR;
Karp-sik Youn, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-su Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Youn-gun Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Gun Heo, Yongin-si, KR;
Karp-sik Youn, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-su Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Youn-gun Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A scrapping unit and an image forming apparatus having the same, and cleaning methods thereof to improve a maintenance performance. The scrapping unit cleans a polluted member disposed in an image forming apparatus and stained by a polluting material. The scrapping unit may include an endless belt to circulate between an exposed position where a surface of the endless belt is exposed toward the polluted member, and a non-exposed position where the surface of the endless belt is not exposed with respect to the polluted member, and a belt support frame which includes a belt support surface to support the endless belt so that the endless belt can be unfolded in the exposed position, and a storing space to store the endless belt so that the endless belt can be folded in the non-exposed position.