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 |