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US 2003/0152407 A1Published application
Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFukashi Hatano
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Abstract
There is disclosed a cleaning apparatus which has a cleaning member for cleaning a surface of an image bearing member, a developer carrying member for carrying a developer cleaned by the cleaning member, a developer receiving member arranged below the cleaning member in a direction of gravity to receive the developer dropped from the cleaning member, and a developer carrying path for interconnecting the developer receiving member and the developer carrying member.
Claims29
A cleaning apparatus comprising:
- cleaning means for cleaning a surface of an image bearing member;
- developer carrying means for carrying a developer cleaned by said cleaning means;
- a developer receiving member arranged below said cleaning means in a direction of gravity to receive the developer dropped from said cleaning means;
- and
- a developer carrying path for interconnecting said developer receiving member and said developer carrying means.
2 more elements
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on an image bearing member by a developer;
- transferring means for transferring a developer image on the image bearing member to a transferring medium;
- cleaning means for cleaning a surface of the image bearing member after the transferring;
- developer carrying means for carrying a developer cleaned by said cleaning means;
- a developer receiving member arranged below said cleaning means in a direction of gravity to receive the developer dropped from said cleaning means;
- and
- a developer carrying path for interconnecting said developer receiving member and said developer carrying means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.