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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Hideto Oka, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Uyama, Mishima, JP;
Kenji Shindo, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yoshida, Suntou-gun, JP;
Ryosuke Kanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoru Inami, Yokohama, JP;
Hideto Oka, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Uyama, Mishima, JP;
Kenji Shindo, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yoshida, Suntou-gun, JP;
Ryosuke Kanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoru Inami, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a fixing portion provided on a frame, a cleaning member, and an accommodating portion. The cleaning member includes a blade portion contacted to an image bearing member (drum) and a supporting member. The supporting member includes one end portion where the blade portion is provided, another end portion including a portion-to-be-fixed for being fixed at the fixing portion, and a bent portion between the one end portion and the other end portion in a side remote from a surface of the drum toward an outside with respect to a line connecting the portion-to-be-fixed and a contact portion where the blade portion is contacted to the drum. The portion-to-be-fixed is provided downstream of the contact portion with respect to movement direction of the drum. Between the frame and the other end portion, a gap for permitting elastic deformation of the other end portion is provided.