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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Kuniaki Kashiwakura, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshiki Nakane, Toyokawa, JP;
Yohei Ito, Toyokawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A loop brush includes a shaft and a ribbon having loop-shaped fiber bundles arranged regularly on a base cloth. The ribbon is wound around the shaft at a prescribed angle. An arrangement angle that is an angle of an arrangement line, which is a straight line connecting adjacent fiber bundles, with respect to a longitudinal direction of the ribbon differs from a winding angle that is an angle of the longitudinal direction of the ribbon with respect to a circumferential direction of the shaft.