Image forming unit, image forming apparatus, and cleaning device
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroaki Akamatsu
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Abstract
An image forming unit includes an image carrying body, a plate-shaped cleaning member, and a powder of a fatty acid metal salt. The image carrying body is configured to be rotatable and carries an image formed on a surface thereof with a toner. The plate-shaped cleaning member includes a tip portion which is pressed against the surface and which scrapes a material adhering onto the surface in response to rotation of the image carrying body. The powder of the fatty acid metal salt is applied to at least one of the tip portion and the surface.
Claims12
An image forming unit comprising:
- an image carrying body that is configured to be rotatable and that carries an image formed on a surface thereof with a toner;
- a plate-shaped cleaning member that includes a support member, and a tip portion which is pressed against the surface and which scrapes a material adhering onto the surface in response to rotation of the image carrying body;
- a powder of a fatty acid metal salt that is applied to at least one of the tip portion and the surface;
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- a developing unit that develops a latent image formed on the surface with a developer that contains toner and does not contain the fatty acid metal salt.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrying body that is configured to be rotatable and that carries an image formed on a surface thereof with a toner;
- a charging unit that charges the surface;
- a latent image forming unit that forms a latent image on the charged surface;
- a developing unit that develops the latent image formed on the surface to a toner image with a developer containing toner;
- a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed on the surface to a medium;
- a plate-shaped cleaning member that includes a support member, and a tip portion which is pressed against the surface and which scrapes a material adhering onto the surface in response to rotation of the image carrying body;
- a powder of a fatty acid metal salt that is applied to at least one of the tip portion and the surface;
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- a developing unit that develops a latent image formed on the surface with a developer that contains toner and does not contain the fatty acid metal salt.
A cleaning device comprising:
- a plate-shaped cleaning member that includes a support member, and a tip portion which is pressed against a surface of an image carrying body that carries an image formed on the surface thereof with a toner, the tip portion which scrapes a material adhering onto the surface in response to rotation of the image carrying body;
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- a powder of a fatty acid metal salt that is applied to the tip portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.