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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Hanano, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a cleaning portion configured to remove toner stuck to a surface of an image carrier; a polishing roller that is rotatable while being in contact with the image carrier; a guide portion disposed with a gap having a predetermined width from an outer circumferential surface of the polishing roller, and configured to guide the removed toner to pass below the outer circumferential surface of the polishing roller; opening portions each formed in a predetermined size at a position below the lower portion of the outer circumferential surface of the polishing roller in the guide portion; and a housing including a wall surface that defines, together with an end of the guide portion in a rotation direction of the polishing roller, a falling path through which the toner falls from the end, the housing storing the cleaning portion and the polishing roller.