| US 7,542,695 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus with cleaning device that does not cause excessive cutting and cleaning method | ||
| Shigeru Fujiwara, Shinagawa-ku (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/447,346. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-192851 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0003316 A1, Jan. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—101 [399/297] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a cleaning blade to make contact with and separate from a cleaned surface and scrape off toner adhered onto the cleaned surface
at time of contact; and
regulation unit for regulating a movement of the cleaning blade in a direction of contact with the cleaned surface up to a
position where the cleaned surface is pressed by a predetermined pressing force by the cleaning blade.
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