Patent ID: 8244156
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner removing device for cleaning a toner image carrier that has a surface moving in a predetermined direction and holding a toner image, the toner removing device comprising: a toner removing member that is in contact with the surface of the toner image carrier along a crossing direction that crosses a moving direction of the surface of the toner image carrier, the toner removing member removing a toner that remains on the surface of the toner image carrier; a supporting member that supports the toner removing member; and a housing that includes a toner accommodating portion that accommodates the toner removed by the toner removing member, and is mounted with the toner removing member and the supporting member by a solidified material that is a liquid material when applied to the housing, wherein the liquid material is applied to a first peripheral edge segment located at an end portion of the toner accommodating portion in the longitudinal direction of the toner removing member, the housing includes a second peripheral edge segment, perpendicular to the first peripheral edge segment, the first peripheral edge segment includes a first flat portion near the second peripheral edge segment, a second flat portion remote from the second peripheral edge segment, and a protrusion between the first flat portion and the second flat portion, and an applied amount of the liquid material on a portion of the protrusion near the second flat portion is greater than an applied amount of the liquid material on the second flat portion.