Cleaning device, reading device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsAkio Shimonaga, Masakazu Shirai
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Abstract
A cleaning device includes: a cleaning unit that cleans a cleaning section by coming into contact with the cleaning section, the cleaning section being disposed in a transport space through which a medium is transported; a support unit that supports the cleaning unit, the support unit rotating about a rotation center to cause the cleaning unit to pass the cleaning section in a direction along a transporting direction in which the medium is transported; and a removing unit that is disposed upstream of the cleaning section in the transporting direction of the medium and that comes into contact with the cleaning unit to remove a substance adhering to the cleaning unit.
Claims13
A cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning unit comprising a brush that cleans a cleaning section by coming into contact with the cleaning section, the cleaning section being disposed in a transport space through which a medium is transported;
- a support unit comprising a drum that supports the cleaning unit, the support unit rotating about a rotation center to cause the cleaning unit to pass the cleaning section in a direction along a transporting direction in which the medium is transported;
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- a removing unit comprising a rib that is disposed upstream of the cleaning section with respect to the transporting direction of the medium, wherein an end portion of the removing unit is bent upward toward the cleaning unit to form a reservoir unit disposed on an upper surface of the end portion, and the upper surface of the end portion of the removing unit comes into contact with the cleaning unit to remove a substance adhering to the cleaning unit.
A reading device comprising:
- a reading unit comprising an image sensor including a reading portion disposed in a transport space through which a medium is transported, the reading unit reading an image on the medium;
- a cleaning unit comprising a brush that cleans the reading portion by coming into contact with the reading portion;
- a support unit comprising a drum that supports the cleaning unit, the support unit rotating about a rotation center to cause the cleaning unit to pass the reading portion in a direction along a transporting direction in which the medium is transported;
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- a removing unit comprising a rib that is disposed upstream of the reading portion with respect to the transporting direction of the medium, wherein an end portion of the removing unit is bent upward toward the cleaning unit to form a reservoir unit disposed on an upper surface of the end portion, and the upper surface of the end portion of the removing unit comes into contact with the cleaning unit, which moves as the support unit rotates, to remove a substance adhering to the cleaning unit.
A cleaning device comprising:
- cleaning means comprising a brush for cleaning a cleaning section by coming into contact with the cleaning section, the cleaning section being disposed in a transport space through which a medium is transported;
- support means comprising a drum for supporting the cleaning means, the support means rotating about a rotation center to cause the cleaning means to pass the cleaning section in a direction along a transporting direction in which the medium is transported;
- and
- removing means comprising a rib that is disposed upstream of the cleaning section with respect to the transporting direction of the medium, wherein an end portion of the removing means is bent upward toward the cleaning means to form a reservoir means disposed on an upper surface of the end portion, and the upper surface of the end portion of the removing means comes into contact with the cleaning means to remove a substance adhering to the cleaning means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.