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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Fuminori Moro, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Sakai, Shinshiro, JP;
Hiroshi Ibaraki, Okazaki, JP;
Takayuki Ito, Kiyosu, JP;
Fuminori Moro, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Sakai, Shinshiro, JP;
Hiroshi Ibaraki, Okazaki, JP;
Takayuki Ito, Kiyosu, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a cleaning device capable of maintaining a sufficient cleaning effect by preventing creep deformation of a cleaning member. The cleaning device of the present invention for cleaning a transfer body in an image forming apparatus includes a first cleaning member whose top end is brought into pressure contact with the transfer body, and a second cleaning member which is placed downstream from the first cleaning member with respect to a moving direction of the transfer body and whose top end is brought into pressure contact with the transfer body, wherein the second cleaning member is provided rotatably with respect to the first cleaning member.