Cleaning device, charging unit, image bearing unit, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorArichika TANAKA
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Abstract
A cleaning device includes a device body, a cleaning member, and a support member. The device body is moved in a longitudinal direction of a plate-like grid member of a charging device. The cleaning member is disposed in the device body and cleans a first face of the grid member while pressing against the first face when the device body is moved. The support member is provided in the device body and has a support surface that is in contact with and supports a second face opposite to the first face of the grid member pressed by the cleaning member. The support surface is in contact with a mesh portion and a non-mesh portion of the grid member.
Claims6
A cleaning device comprising:
- a device body that is moved in a longitudinal direction of a plate-like grid member of a charging device;
- a cleaning member that is disposed in the device body and cleans a first face of the grid member while pressing against the first face when the device body is moved;
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- a support member that is provided in the device body and has a support surface that is in contact with and supports a second face opposite to the first face of the grid member pressed by the cleaning member, the support surface being in contact with a mesh portion and a non-mesh portion of the grid member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.