| 发明名称 | Cleaning device and image forming apparatus using same | ||
| 摘要 | The intermediate transfer belt cleaning device includes a cleaning blade for removing residual toner on the intermediate transfer belt, a waste toner conveying screw that conveys the removed toner, and a vibrating part with multiple vanes, arranged between the cleaning blade and the waste toner conveying screw, each vane partly coming into contact with the waste toner conveying screw and vibrating in linkage with the motion of the waste toner conveying screw. Each vane has a projected part that is positioned close to, and projects toward, the intermediate transfer belt. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9037070(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.05.19 |
| 申请号 | US201414267159 | 申请日期 | 2014.05.01 |
| 申请人 | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 发明人 | Tokuda Takashi |
| 分类号 | G03G21/00;G03G21/10 | 主分类号 | G03G21/00 |
| 代理机构 | Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP | 代理人 | Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A cleaning device for cleaning a toner image bearer that supports toner images in an image forming apparatus for forming images by electrophotography, comprising: a cleaning member for removing residual toner on the surface of the toner image bearer; a waste toner conveying member for conveying the residual toner removed from the toner image bearer by the cleaning member; and, a vibrating member having a plurality of vanes, disposed between the cleaning member and the waste toner conveying member, the vanes partly coming into contact with the waste toner conveying member and vibrating in linkage with the motion of the waste toner conveying member, and, wherein the individual vanes include a projected part that is positioned close to, and projects toward, the toner image bearer, in the area around which the cleaning member abuts the toner image bearer. | ||
| 地址 | Osaka JP | ||