| US 7,551,884 B2 | ||
| Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus | ||
| Takeshi Watanabe, Yokohama (Japan); Masashi Takahashi, Yokohama (Japan); and Mitsuaki Kouyama, Higashikurume (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/448,342. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0286653 A1, Dec. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—350 | 20 Claims |
| 1. A cleaning apparatus provided with a cleaning blade which removes a developer remaining on a surface of an image carrier,
wherein
the cleaning blade is made of a resinous matrix dispersion in which at least one of a fullerene and a carbon nano tube is
dispersed, and
at least one of the fullerene and the carbon nano tube is mixed and dispersed in a total amount of from 0.02 to 20 parts by
weight based on 100 parts by weight of the resinous matrix in the cleaning blade.
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