(19)
(11) EP 2 278 418 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
23.03.2011 Bulletin 2011/12

(43) Date of publication:
26.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/04

(21) Application number: 10165030.7

(22) Date of filing: 07.06.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03G 15/20(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME RS

(30) Priority: 09.07.2009 JP 2009162607
17.02.2010 JP 2010032371

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Aoyama, Yuichi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Katano, Yasuo
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Someya, Yukimichi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Sasamoto, Tetsurou
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Abe, Shunichi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Yamada, Masafumi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Nakamura, Takuma
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Fixing Device and Image Forming Apparatus


(57) A disclosed cleaning device for removing adhering matter from a surface of a member subject to cleaning includes a belt-shaped film member arranged in a stretched configuration capable of being wound or endlessly move in a direction opposite to a surface movement direction of the member subject to cleaning while being in contact with the surface of the member subject to cleaning, and a cleaning blade configured to abut on the surface of the member subject to cleaning via the belt-shaped film member at a position where the belt-shaped film member is brought into contact with the member subject to cleaning.