IP Library Granted Patent US 8,811,853
Granted Patent B2
US 8,811,853 · App. 13/325,821 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Cleaning device for an image forming apparatus including sealing member and separation claw

Inventors: Takashi Kusukawa (Osaka, JP); Yuichi Koshimura (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,811,853
App. No.
13/325,821
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning device of the present invention includes: a housing with an opening that is open toward a photoreceptor drum; a cleaning roller that is contained inside the housing and disposed in contact with the photoreceptor drum; a sealing member for preventing toner leakage, detachably fixed to the housing; a separation claw that separates paper from a surface of the photoreceptor drum; and a positioning member that is integrated with the separation claw, in which the sealing member is positioned and fixed on the housing by the positioning member.

Claims (32)

1. A cleaning device comprising:

a housing with an opening that is open toward a photoreceptor drum;

a cleaning roller that is contained inside the housing and disposed in contact with the photoreceptor drum;

a sealing member configured to prevent toner leakage, detachably fixed to the housing;

a separation claw configured to separate paper from a surface of the photoreceptor drum;

a positioning member that is integrated with the separation claw, and

a conveyance guide roller configured to guide paper to be conveyed,

wherein the positioning member is attached to the housing such that the sealing member is positioned and fixed on the housing by the positioning member,

wherein the positioning member is integrated with the conveyance guide roller,

wherein the housing includes a penetrating projection;

the penetrating projection includes a positioning hole;

the sealing member includes a penetrating hole into which the penetrating projection can be inserted;

the positioning member includes a fitting projection that can be fitted into the positioning hole; and

the sealing member is positioned and fixed to the housing by the positioning member in a state in which the penetrating projection is inserted into the penetrating hole and in which the fitting projection is fitted into the positioning hole formed on the penetrating projection.

2. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein a tip of the fitting projection is formed as a tilted surface.

3. An image forming apparatus comprising the cleaning device according to claim 1 .

4. An image forming apparatus comprising the cleaning device according to claim 2 .

5. A cleaning device comprising:

a housing with an opening that is open toward a photoreceptor drum;

a cleaning roller that is contained inside the housing and disposed in contact with the photoreceptor drum;

a sealing member configured to prevent toner leakage, detachably fixed to the housing;

a separation claw configured to separate paper from a surface of the photoreceptor drum; and

a positioning member that is integrated with the separation claw, wherein

the sealing member is positioned and fixed on the housing by the positioning member, and

the housing includes a penetrating projection,

the penetrating projection includes a positioning hole,

the sealing member includes a penetrating hole into which the penetrating projection can be inserted,

the positioning member includes a fitting projection that can be fitted into the positioning hole, and

the sealing member is positioned and fixed to the housing by the positioning member in a state in which the penetrating projection is inserted into the penetrating hole and in which the fitting projection is fitted into the positioning hole formed on the penetrating projection.

6. The cleaning device according to claim 5 further comprising a conveyance guide roller configured to guide paper to be conveyed, wherein the positioning member is integrated with the conveyance guide roller.

7. The cleaning device according to claim 5 , wherein a tip of the fitting projection is formed as a tilted surface.

8. An image forming apparatus comprising the cleaning device according to claim 5 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 7, 2012
From: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 028338/0924 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2012
From: KUSUKAWA, TAKASHI; KOSHIMURA, YUICHI
To: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028172/0974 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-279760 · Dec 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120155914A1 · Jun 21, 2012