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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
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 that conveys a sheet in an image forming apparatus which executes image forming processing, using a liquid recording material. The cleaning device includes a cleaning member having a contact surface configured to be brought into contact with the surface of the sheet conveyance member. A contact angle of the contact surface with the recording material is smaller than a contact angle of the surface of the sheet conveyance member with the recording material.