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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Shinobu Ohata, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Miyakoshi, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroatsu Tamai, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Michishita, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Sakane, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Satake, Osaka, JP;
Masato Usui, Osaka, JP;
Yuzuru Yuasa, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Tamekuni, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a cleaning unit, a movement mechanism, and a unit mounting portion. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning part having a contact surface brought into contact with a surface of a conveyance roller. The movement mechanism moves the cleaning unit between a cleaning position at which the cleaning part comes in contact with the conveyance roller, and a mounting and removing position at which the cleaning part is located below the conveyance roller in a separated manner and the cleaning unit is allowed to be mounted and removed on and from the apparatus body. The unit mounting portion houses the cleaning unit disposed at the mounting and removing position. The cleaning unit is configured such that the cleaning unit in a state of being housed in the unit mounting portion is mounted and removed, together with the processing unit, on and from the apparatus body.