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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Sakane, Osaka, JP;
Masato Usui, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Satake, Osaka, JP;
Shinobu Ohata, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Miyakoshi, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Michishita, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Tamekuni, Osaka, JP;
Yuzuru Yuasa, Osaka, JP;
Hiroatsu Tamai, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a cleaning unit and a unit moving mechanism. The cleaning unit brings a web into contact with a conveyance member rotating around an axis and removes foreign matter adhered to the conveyance member. The unit moving mechanism displaces the cleaning unit to a cleaning position where the web is brought into contact with the conveyance member and to a separation position where the web is separated away from the conveyance member. When the unit moving mechanism displaces the cleaning unit from the cleaning position to the separation position, the cleaning unit is displaced in a counter direction opposite to a rotational direction of the conveyance member on a contact face between the conveyance member and the web.