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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicants:
Kyoko Abe, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Sanada, Hyogo, JP;
Yuji Nagatomo, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kyoko Abe, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Sanada, Hyogo, JP;
Yuji Nagatomo, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0898 (2013.01); G03G 15/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seal is provided to contact a rotating body installed in an image forming apparatus. Pencil hardness of the sealing element is about 2H or more and a water drop contact angle thereof is about 90 degrees or more.