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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Yusuke Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device cleans a discharge wire that discharges electric charge onto a discharge target. The cleaning device moves in a longitudinal direction oldie discharge wire. The cleaning device includes a first contact portion that contacts and cleans the discharge wire and a second contact portion that contacts and cleans the discharge wire. When the first contact portion and the second contact portion clean the discharge wire, the first contact portion and the second contact portion sandwich the discharge wire in a discharge direction in which the discharge wire discharges the electric charge onto the discharge target. The discharge direction is parallel to a radial direction of the discharge wire.