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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, 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 21/0029 (2013.01); G03G 21/0076 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming device includes: an image carrier on which a toner image is formed; and a cleaning blade which removes a residual material on the image carrier after the toner image is transferred to a transferred body, wherein the image carrier includes an elastic layer, the cleaning blade is a metallic plate spring, and a tip end of the cleaning blade is pressed against the image carrier by restoring force of the plate spring.