Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Cleaning apparatus for cleaning an image carrier, process cartridge having a cleaning apparatus for removing remaining developer on an image carrier, and image forming apparatus having a cleaning member for removing remaining developer on an image carrier
 A cleaning apparatus for an image carrier includes a cleaning member for removing remaining developer left on the image carrier; and a sealing member disposed on each opposite end of the cleaning means for preventing the developer removed by the cleaning member from leaking out. The sealing member cleans a surface to which a distance-ensuring device for maintaining a prescribed distance between the image carrier and another electrophotographic process means, extends, and contacts with the image carrier. 
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G
G03G
inventional
Kazunari Tomonori Hisayoshi
Murayama Mori Kojima