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Patent No.:

US 9851682 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2016

Cleaning blade including modified portion including impregnated portion and surface layer, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus including the cleaning blade

Applicants:

Yuka Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Masanobu Gondoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;

Masahiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;

Shohei Gohda, Ishikawa, JP;

Kaori Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuta Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;

Keiichiro Juri, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yuka Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Masanobu Gondoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;

Masahiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;

Shohei Gohda, Ishikawa, JP;

Kaori Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuta Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;

Keiichiro Juri, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Cooper & Dunham LLP

Primary Examiner:

David M Gray

Assistant Examiner:

Laura Roth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0017 (2013.01); G03G 21/0011 (2013.01); G03G 21/18 (2013.01); G03G 2221/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cleaning blade includes an elastic member including a contact portion to contact the surface of a member to be cleaned and remove an extraneous matter adhering to the surface of the member. The contact portion includes a modified portion including at least one of an impregnated portion including a first cured material formed of a first curing composition in a thickness direction from the surface of the contact portion; and a surface layer formed of a second curing composition on the surface of the contact portion. The surface of the modified portion has a tack maximum value not greater than 3.0 [gf/mm].

Find Patent Forward Citations

Aoyama, Yuka. (2017). Cleaning blade including modified portion including impregnated portion and surface layer, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus including the cleaning blade (U.S. Patent No. 9851682). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9851682

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