发明名称 Cleaning blade, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge
摘要 A cleaning blade includes a blade member formed of a strip-shaped rubber material and having a leading-edge ridge line portion to contact a moving surface of a cleaning target member and remove adhering matter from the surface of the cleaning target member. The blade member has a Martens hardness of 1.0 N/mm2 or more in a vicinity of the leading-edge ridge line portion measured from an opposing surface of the blade member, the opposing surface including the leading-edge ridge line portion and opposing the cleaning target member, or measured from a leading-edge surface of the blade member, the leading-edge surface including the leading-edge ridge line portion and disposed adjacent to the opposing surface of the blade member.
申请公布号 US9170557(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.27
申请号 US201414269347 申请日期 2014.05.05
申请人 Ricoh Company, Ltd. 发明人 Watanabe Kazuhiko;Tawada Takaaki;Fujishiro Takatsugu;Kikuchi Hisashi
分类号 G03G21/00 主分类号 G03G21/00
代理机构 Harness, Dickey & Pierce 代理人 Harness, Dickey & Pierce
主权项 1. A cleaning blade, comprising: a blade member formed of a strip-shaped rubber material and having a leading-edge ridge line portion to contact a moving surface of a cleaning target member and remove adhering matter from the surface of the cleaning target member, wherein the blade member has a Martens hardness of 1.0 N/mm2 or more in a vicinity of the leading-edge ridge line portion measured from an opposing surface of the blade member, the opposing surface including the leading-edge ridge line portion and opposing the cleaning target member, or measured from a leading-edge surface of the blade member, the leading-edge surface including the leading-edge ridge line portion and disposed adjacent to the opposing surface of the blade member.
地址 Tokyo JP