Cleaning device, device to be cleaned, cleaning member, and image forming apparatus
US9400477B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/04
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a cleaning member that includes a cleaning portion that cleans a light transmission member, which has a substantially elongated shape and which transmits light, and a support portion that supports the cleaning portion and a wall portion that is disposed on one end side of the light transmission member in a longitudinal direction of the light transmission member and that has a surface that is formed along a direction that intersects the longitudinal direction of the light transmission member. The cleaning member and the wall portion each have a configuration in which when an end of the cleaning member makes contact with the wall portion and is pressed, the support portion is bent in a convex manner toward a side opposite to a side on which the light transmission member is disposed.
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