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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Manabu Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiro Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mona Tasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Yawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 21/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a removal member that forms piled bodies of residual objects at a contact location and removes residual objects from a surface of a target cleaning member by contacting with the surface in a linear manner and rubbing against the surface, and a smoothing member that smooths out the piled bodies by moving along the contact location.