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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Honjoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohsuke Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Honjoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohsuke Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image carrier surface treatment device is disposed opposite an image carrier rotatable in a first rotation direction and carrying a toner image. The image carrier surface treatment device includes a roller rotatable in a second rotation direction while contacting an outer circumferential surface of the image carrier. The roller includes a shaft projecting from each lateral end of the roller in an axial direction thereof. A rolling-element bearing is fitted on the shaft of the roller to support and position the roller inside the image carrier surface treatment device.