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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi No, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning member includes a ridgeline part provided at one end of the cleaning member in a lateral direction of the cleaning member, the ridgeline part including a first ridgeline that extends in an axial direction of a member to be cleaned that rotates and second ridgelines provided at respective ends of the first ridgeline, each second ridgeline extending in a direction away from the member to be cleaned. The ridgeline part is pressed against an outer peripheral surface of the member to be cleaned so that the ridgeline part and a corner portion on which the ridgeline part is formed press into the outer peripheral surface of the member to be cleaned and deform the member to be cleaned.