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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes: a cleaning rotating body; a scraping member; a toner restriction face; and a downstream side restriction portion. The cleaning rotating bodyis arranged in sliding contact with the surface of the image carrying body. A front end portionof the scraping memberis arranged in contact with or in proximity to a surface of the cleaning rotating body. The scraping memberis a plate-like member and includes a toner receiving faceto which the toner is carried from the front end portion. The toner restriction faceis arranged to be orthogonal to the toner receiving face. The downstream side restriction portionrestricts movement of the toner to a downstream side in a rotational direction of the cleaning rotating body