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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventor:
Robert C. U. Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); B05D 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/24 (2013.01); G03G 21/0017 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning device used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus that provides excellent wear resistance and mechanical robustness. In particular, the cleaning device is a crosslinked elastomeric polyurethane cleaning blade that includes at least an end region contacting the surface of an imaging member to remove debris therefrom and comprising spherical silica nanoparticles dispersion present in the cleaning blade matrix by in-situ condensation precipitation process.