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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Kenji Sengoku, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Yogosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyoshi Haga, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehide Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Ohsugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sengoku, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Yogosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyoshi Haga, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehide Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Ohsugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a cleaner, a casing, and an exit seal. The cleaner is configured to remove toner from a cleaning target. The casing accommodates the cleaner. The exit seal is attached to the casing and has a free end contacting the cleaning target at a position downward from the cleaner in a direction of movement of the cleaning target and an attached end attached to the casing. A space is disposed between a surface of the cleaning target and an opposite face of the exit seal opposite the cleaning target. The space includes an opening at a lateral end of the exit seal. The exit seal contacts the cleaning target from a trailing direction of the exit seal and seals the opening at at least an attached end side of the exit seal.