US Patent Issued to Sharp on Sept. 1 for "Cleaning device and image forming device including the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,376, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Cleaning device and image forming device including the same" was invented by Katsumi Adachi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device that includes a cleaning blade for scraping away toner remaining on a surface of an image carrier is provided. The cleaning blade also scrapes away toner that remains on a respective seal member that is in contact with the surface of the image carrier at side end portions of the cleaning blade. The seal member includes a first sealant extending along a side end surface of the cleaning blade, and a second ...