Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
Cleaning blade and process for producing same
 There is provided a cleaning blade which is used for cleaning an image-forming body in an electrophotographic apparatus, and which has excellent performances in that the cleaning blade is minimized in the deflection of its tip part, never contaminates an image-forming body and so forth. The cleaning blade equipped with unevenness on at least part of a plate member excluding the portion of the plate member in direct contact with the image-forming body, is obtained by arranging a support member in a mold which is equipped with unevenness on at least part of the inside surface thereof in contact with a molding material for the plate member; then casting the molding material for the plate member in the mold; and curing the molding material to integrate the plate member and the support member. 
Bridgestone Corporation
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B29C G03G B29C
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Hirofumi Kunio
Kikuchi Machida