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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuharu Hoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Fumito Nonaka, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes: a rotatable member; a blade member contacted to the rotatable member; a frame, formed of a resin material, for supporting the blade member; and a seal member provided on the frame to be contacted to a portion of the blade member, opposite from a portion where the blade member is contacted to the rotatable member, in each of one end side and anther end side of the blade member with respect to an axial direction of the rotatable member, wherein the seal member is formed on the frame by injection molding for sealing a gap between the blade member and the frame.