Cleaning blade and image forming apparatus including cleaning blade
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorNoritoshi Hagimoto
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Abstract
A cleaning blade that removes a foreign matter adhering to a rotational body includes: an abutment member; a supporting member that supports the abutment member; and a holding member that holds the supporting member, wherein the abutment member includes: an abutment layer abutting on the rotational body; and an adjustment layer that is a part other than the abutment layer, and an elongation percentage of the adjustment layer is larger than an elongation percentage of the abutment layer in a case where frictional force is applied from the rotational body to the abutment member during rotation of the rotational body.
Claims15
A cleaning blade that removes a foreign matter adhering to a rotational body, comprising:
- an abutment member;
- a supporting member that supports the abutment member;
- and
- a holding member that holds the supporting member, wherein
- the abutment member includes:
- an abutment layer abutting on the rotational body;
- and
- an adjustment layer that is a part other than the abutment layer, and
- an elongation percentage of the adjustment layer is larger than an elongation percentage of the abutment layer in a case where frictional force is applied from the rotational body to the abutment member during rotation of the rotational body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.