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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Koji Arimura, Toride, JP;
Isao Komatsu, Kashiwa, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Arimura, Toride, JP;
Isao Komatsu, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0017 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01);
Abstract
A width of an untreated section in a drum blade is shorter than a width of an untreated section in an intermediate transfer member blade in an image forming apparatus using a blade, ends of which a treatment with high hardness is applied to, for both cleaning blades in a drum and an intermediate transfer member.