Belt cleaning apparatus and recording apparatus

A belt cleaning apparatus that cleans a surface of a transporting belt with a cleaning solution, the belt cleaning apparatus comprising:

• a cleaning member that is in contact with the surface in a rotatable manner, the cleaning member cleaning the surface with the cleaning solution, the cleaning member including a rotating shaft around which the cleaning member rotates;
• a cleaning solution reservoir that retains the cleaning solution;
• and
• a partition portion that protrudes from a bottom portion of the cleaning solution reservoir, the partition portion partitioning the cleaning solution reservoir into a cleaning area in which the cleaning member is partially dipped in the cleaning solution and a discharging area from which the cleaning solution is discharged, wherein a distance from a sidewall of the cleaning solution reservoir on the discharging area side to the rotating shaft is greater than a distance from a sidewall of the cleaning solution reservoir on the cleaning area side to the rotating shaft, wherein distance from the cleaning member to the partition portion is less than a distance from the cleaning member to the sidewall of the cleaning solution reservoir on the cleaning area side, wherein the discharging area is smaller than the cleaning area,
• wherein a distance between the cleaning member and the partition portion becomes gradually smaller towards an upper end of the partition portion.