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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuharu Hoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Fumito Nonaka, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0898 (2013.01); G03G 15/0812 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes a rotatable member, a blade member contacted to the rotatable member, and a frame configured to support the blade member and the rotatable member. The cartridge also includes a seal member configured to fill a gap between the frame and the blade member at a longitudinal end portion of the blade member.