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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Hiromi Sakaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Nohsho, Tokyo, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Gondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohei Gohda, Ishikawa, JP;
Kaori Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromi Sakaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Nohsho, Tokyo, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Gondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohei Gohda, Ishikawa, JP;
Kaori Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning blade cleaning the surface of an object includes a rigid holder; and a strip-shaped elastic body fixed on the holder, including a tip ridgeline to contact the surface of the object. The cleaning blade includes a part having a Martens hardness of from 0.9 to 5.0 N/mmat a depth of 20 μm from an undersurface of the blade including the ridgeline, 0.3 to 0.8 N/mmat a depth of 40 μm therefrom, and the Martens hardness at a depth of 20 μm therefrom larger than that at a depth of 40 μm therefrom by 0.6 N/mm.