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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiro Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Yawada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device that cleans a residual toner from a cleaning target includes a cleaning blade that blocks the residual toner containing toner particles and an external additive on the cleaning target and scrapes the residual toner from the cleaning target, a measurement unit that measures an amount of the external additive in the residual toner which is blocked by the cleaning blade and remains on the cleaning target, and a control unit that increases an amount of a toner that is supplied to the cleaning target based on a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit.