Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorDaisuke Tanaka
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AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorDaisuke Tanaka
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A cleaning device includes a housing, a cleaning member, soft sealing members, and hard sealing members. The housing has an opening opposite an outer circumferential surface of a belt supported by a roller. The cleaning member closes part of the opening, is in contact with the outer circumferential surface at a portion of the belt supported by the roller, and removes toner adhering to the outer circumferential surface. The soft sealing members are formed of soft elastic bodies, have contact portions in contact with the outer circumferential surface and parts of the longitudinal end portions of the cleaning member. The hard sealing members have respective contact portions in contact with the side surfaces and the outer circumferential surface at the end portions of the belt. The hard sealing members are formed of hard elastic bodies harder than the soft elastic bodies.
A cleaning device comprising:
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