Cleaning blade, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10146169
APP PUB NO 20180017930A1
SERIAL NO

15648644

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A cleaning blade including an elastic member configured to be in contact with a surface of a cleaning-target member to remove deposited matter deposited on the surface of the cleaning-target in member, wherein the elastic member includes a base and a surface layer formed of a cured product of a curable composition, the surface layer is formed on at least part of a bottom surface of the base including a contact part to be in contact with the cleaning-target member, where the bottom surface of the base is a surface of the base facing a downstream side along a traveling direction of the cleaning-target member relative to the contact part, and an average film thickness of the surface layer at the contact part is 10 μm or greater but 100 μm or less.

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RICOH COMPANY LTDTOKYO

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Aoyama, Yuka Kanagawa, JP 19 103
Gondoh, Masanobu Kanagawa, JP 27 287
Juri, Keiichiro Kanagawa, JP 28 147
Mizutani, Yuuki Kanagawa, JP 18 51
Ohmori, Masahiro Kanagawa, JP 79 593
Sakon, Yohta Kanagawa, JP 66 1441

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