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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Satake, Osaka, JP;
Hiroatsu Tamai, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Sakane, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Tamekuni, Osaka, JP;
Masato Usui, Osaka, JP;
Yuzuru Yuasa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Michishita, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Miyakoshi, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Osaka, JP;
Shinobu Ohata, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device cleans a surface of a sheet conveyance member which conveys a sheet in an image forming apparatus that executes image forming processing using a recording material, the surface carrying a solid substance that originates from the recording material and that adheres to the surface. The cleaning device includes a cleaning member including a contact surface configured to come in contact with the surface of the sheet conveyance member. The contact surface is an irregular surface rougher than the surface of the sheet conveyance member. At cleaning of the surface, the cleaning member makes a relative movement to the surface of the sheet conveyance member. The irregular surface is an irregular surface configured to take away the solid substance adhering to the surface of the sheet conveyance member when the cleaning member makes the relative movement.