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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naomi Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuu Sakakibara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naomi Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuu Sakakibara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaner is provided. The cleaner includes a cleaning blade having an edge to be contacted with a surface of a member to be cleaned while moving relative to the member to clean the surface of the member. The cleaning blade includes the edge, and first and second side surfaces, wherein the edge is disposed between the first and second side surfaces. When the cleaning blade is not contacted with the surface of the member to be cleaned, the first side surface is opposed to the surface of the member, and when the cleaning blade is contacted with the surface of the member, the edge, and the first and second side surfaces of the cleaning blade are contacted with the surface of the member.