Cleaning device and image forming apparatus

A cleaning device that cleans a surface of a sheet conveyance member that conveys a sheet in an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus executing image forming processing using a recording material, the surface of the sheet conveyance member carrying a solid substance that originates from the recording material and that adheres to the surface of the sheet conveyance member, the cleaning device comprising:

• a cleaning member including a contact surface disposed and configured to contact the surface of the sheet conveyance member, the cleaning member being a web having a strip shape, the web forming the contact surface that comes in contact with the sheet conveyance member, and
• a pressing roller that presses the web against the sheet conveyance member, an outer peripheral part in a radial direction of the pressing roller being made of an elastic material, wherein
• the contact surface is an irregular surface that is rougher than the surface of the sheet conveyance member,
• the contact surface of the cleaning member moves relative to the surface of the sheet conveyance member when the cleaning member cleans the surface of the sheet conveyance member, and
• the irregular surface is configured to take away the solid substance adhering to the surface of the sheet conveyance member when the cleaning member moves relative to the surface of the sheet conveyance member.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming unit that executes image forming processing using a recording material;
• a sheet conveyance unit that conveys a sheet to the image forming unit, the sheet conveyance unit including a sheet conveyance member that comes in contact with the sheet, the surface of the sheet conveyance member carrying a solid substance that originates from the recording material and that adheres to the surface of the sheet conveyance member;
• and
• a cleaning device that includes:
• a cleaning web having a strip shape including a contact surface disposed and configured to contact the surface of the sheet conveyance member, the contact surface being an irregular surface that is rougher than the surface of the sheet conveyance member, and
• a pressing roller that presses the web against the sheet conveyance member, an outer peripheral part in a radial direction of the pressing roller being made of an elastic material, wherein:
• the contact surface of the cleaning member moves relative to the surface of the sheet conveyance member when the cleaning member cleans the surface of the sheet conveyance member, and
• the contact surface of the cleaning member is configured to take away the solid substance adhering to the surface of the sheet conveyance member when the contact surface of the cleaning member moves relative to the surface of the sheet conveyance member.