Cleaning apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiyuki Karakama, Takeo Shoji, Ryuta Murakami, Tomonori Matsunaga
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus including a cleaning member for cleaning off toner from an image bearing member, a support member for supporting the cleaning member, and a receiving portion for receiving the toner cleaned off by the cleaning member, the receiving portion having a cleaning frame, and a connecting portion for connecting both end surfaces of the cleaning frame in a longitudinal direction of the cleaning member, in which the support member is provided with a bent portion bent on a deeper side of the cleaning frame, and the connecting portion is below an upper portion of the receiving portion and above a lower surface of the bent portion.
Claims17
A cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a cleaning member for cleaning off toner from an image bearing member;
- a support member for supporting said cleaning member;
- a receiving portion for receiving the toner cleaned off by said cleaning member, said receiving portion including a cleaning frame;
- and
- a connecting portion for connecting both end surfaces of said cleaning frame in a longitudinal direction of said cleaning member,
- wherein said support member is provided with a bent portion bent on a deeper side of said cleaning frame, and said connecting portion is below an upper portion of said receiving portion and above a lower surface of said bent portion.
A cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a cleaning member for cleaning off toner from an image bearing member;
- a cleaning frame for receiving toner cleaned off by said cleaning member, said cleaning frame being provided with a first opening portion opposed to the image bearing member and a second opening portion above said cleaning frame, and said cleaning member covering a part of said first opening portion;
- a lid member for covering said second opening portion;
- and
- a connecting portion for connecting both end surfaces of said cleaning frame in a longitudinal direction of said cleaning member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.