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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Chadani, Suntou-gun, JP;
Akihiro Fujiwara, Mishima, JP;
Susumu Nittani, Suntou-gun, JP;
Masato Tanabe, Susono, JP;
Hideki Kakuta, Suntou-gun, JP;
Keisuke Nomura, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning unit including: frame abutment portions each including a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion; support portions each including a first support portion which abuts against the first abutment portion, and a second support portion which abuts against the second abutment portion so as to support a cleaning member in a pivotable manner about the frame abutment portions as a pivot axis; and an urging member configured to urge the cleaning member in a direction in which an elastic member is brought into contact with a photosensitive drum by pivoting the cleaning member.