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US 2013/0156448 A1Published application
Cleaning device and electrophotographic apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorToru ISHII
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Abstract
Provided is a cleaning device including a brush roll that removes residual toner remaining on a surface of a toner image carrier provided in an electrophotographic apparatus, and a pressure detector that contacts the surface of the brush roll with preload, and outputs a detected pressure value to a determination unit that is provided in the electrophotographic apparatus to determine the adhesion state of toner to the brush roll.
Claims6
A cleaning device comprising:
- a brush roll that removes residual toner remaining on a surface of a toner image carrier provided in an electrophotographic apparatus;
- and
- a pressure detector that contacts the surface of the brush roll with preload, and outputs a detected pressure value to a determination unit that is provided in the electrophotographic apparatus to determine the adhesion state of toner to the brush roll.
An electrophotographic apparatus comprising:
- a toner image carrier;
- a brush roll that removes residual toner remaining on a surface of the toner image carrier;
- a pressure detector that contacts the surface of the brush roll with preload;
- and
- a determination unit that determines the adhesion state of toner to the brush roll, on the basis of a pressure value detected by the pressure detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.