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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Applicants:
Eisuke Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Eisuke Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0017 (2013.01); B08B 1/006 (2013.01); B32B 7/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B32B 2307/51 (2013.01); B32B 2307/536 (2013.01); B32B 2432/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elastic blade includes an edge layer and at least one backup layer laminated on the edge layer. The edge layer includes a contact edge to contact a contact object and an opposing face to oppose the contact object, and the backup layer is greater in elastic power than the edge layer.