Charging device and image forming apparatus

Abstract

A charging device includes: a discharge electrode; a control electrode that is disposed between the discharge electrode and a member to be charged, controls discharge of electricity from the discharge electrode, and is supported in a state where the control electrode is curved along a surface shape of the member to be charged in a lateral direction; and a cleaning section including a moving section that is supported to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the control electrode, a separation section that is fixedly supported by the moving section and comes into contact with the control electrode to push the control electrode in a direction away from the member to be charged, and a cleaning body part that comes into contact with the control electrode separated from the member to be charged by the separation section to clean the control electrode.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.