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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kiichiro Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroko Furukata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Ishino, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a first cleaning roller that contacts a member to be cleaned and that rotates, separates any matter to be removed that is stuck on the member to be cleaned from the member to be cleaned, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the first cleaning roller; a second cleaning roller that contacts the first cleaning roller, separates the matter to be removed that is stuck on the first cleaning roller from the first cleaning roller, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the second cleaning roller; a first push member that pushes the first cleaning roller against the member to be cleaned; and a second push member that pushes the second cleaning roller against the first cleaning roller, and pushes the first cleaning roller against the member to be cleaned.