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US 2016/0109846 A1Published application
Blade and image forming apparatus incorporating same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsEisuke SHIMIZU, Kazuhiko WATANABE, Takaaki TAWADA, Hisashi KIKUCHI
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Abstract
An elastic blade includes an edge layer and at least one backup layer laminated on the edge layer. The edge layer includes a contact edge to contact a contact object and an opposing face to oppose the contact object, and the backup layer is greater in elastic power than the edge layer.
Claims14
An elastic blade comprising:
- an edge layer including a contact edge to contact a contact object and an opposing face to oppose the contact object;
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- at least one backup layer laminated on the edge layer and being greater in elastic power than the edge layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.