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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Keiichi Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuya Kato, Ebina, JP;
Masami Tanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Keiichi Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuya Kato, Ebina, JP;
Masami Tanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning member includes a columnar body; and a strip-shaped body made of an elastic porous material, the strip-shaped body being helically wound around a peripheral surface of the columnar body. In a width direction of the strip-shaped body, a height of a surface of the strip-shaped body from a central axis of the columnar body is larger at a first end of an exposed part of the strip-shaped body than at a second end of the exposed part.