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US 2008/0187376 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorOsamu Watanabe
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transportation member rotating to transport a medium or developer; a blade member disposed to abut against the transportation member for removing an object adhering to a surface of the transportation member; and a retaining member disposed on an upstream side of the blade member in a direction that the transportation member rotates and abutting against the transportation member for retaining the object adhering to the surface of the transportation member.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a transportation member rotating to transport a medium or developer;
- a blade member disposed to abut against the transportation member for removing an object adhering to a surface of the transportation member;
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- a retaining member disposed on an upstream side of the blade member in a direction that the transportation member rotates and abutting against the transportation member for retaining the object adhering to the surface of the transportation member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.