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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1992
Toshimitsu Harada, Ibaraki, JP;
Sadaki Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Nishino, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshitaka Ogawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Masayasu Anzai, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device for a dry electrophotographic device includes a cleaning brush brought into resilient contact with an object to be cleaned such as a photosensitive drum. A cleaning roll rotates while constantly being brought into contact with the cleaning brush and a cleaning blade is pressed against the cleaning roll to clean the cleaning roll. A rotation direction switching mechanism switches the rotation direction of the cleaning brush such that the rotation direction of the cleaning brush when cleaning the object, for example, during the formation of an image, is different from that when the brush is not cleaning the object.