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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Asano, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideo Nakamori, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Sugino, Shizuoka, JP;
Noboru Toriu, Shizuoka, JP;
Keisuke Shimoyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuaki Hirose, Shizuoka, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, including a photoreceptor; a charger; an irradiator; an image developer; a transferer; a fixer; and a cleaning blade formed of a strip-shaped elastic blade, removing a powder from the surface of the photoreceptor passing an edge line of the blade while contacting thereto, wherein the photoreceptor includes a crosslinked resin surface layer formed of at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, and the cleaning blade includes a contact point with the photoreceptor, including a substrate; a mixed layer formed of at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, located at the surface of the substrate; and a surface layer formed of at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, located on the surface of the substrate.