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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kei Wakayama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0011 (2013.01); G03G 21/0005 (2013.01); G03G 21/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a cleaning portion and a pressing portion. The cleaning portion comes into contact with an image carrier that is adapted to carry a toner image. The pressing portion includes a clamping surface and a protruding portion and presses the cleaning portion against the image carrier. The clamping surface clamps the cleaning portion from both sides in cooperation with the image carrier. The protruding portion protrudes from the clamping surface toward the image carrier.