Cleaning device and image forming apparatus

A cleaning device comprising:

• a member to be cleaned having a surface that moves;
• a cleaning member that cleans the surface of the member to be cleaned;
• a conveying member that conveys a substance removed from the surface of the member to be cleaned by the cleaning member to outside of the cleaning device;
• a collecting member that is rotatably configured, has a surface for carrying the substance, and conveys the substance toward the conveying member;
• and
• a partitioning member that guides the substance from the collecting member to the conveying member,
• the collecting member including:
• a conveying portion that carries and conveys the substance;
• a holding portion that holds the conveying portion;
• and
• a protrusion that protrudes toward an upstream side of the conveying portion in a rotating direction of the collecting member, wherein
• the partitioning member is placed in such a manner that one end of the partitioning member faces the rotating collecting member, and the other end faces the conveying member, and the conveying portion and the protrusion of the collecting member are brought into contact with the partitioning member by the rotation of the collecting member, and
• the conveying portion and the holding portion both extend in an axial direction of the member to be cleaned, and at least one axial end of the conveying portion is longer than the holding portion.

A cleaning device comprising:

• a member to be cleaned having a surface that moves;
• a cleaning member that cleans the surface of the member to be cleaned;
• a conveying member that conveys a substance removed from the surface of the member to be cleaned by the cleaning member to outside of the cleaning device;
• a collecting member that is rotatably configured, has a surface for carrying the substance, and conveys the substance toward the conveying member;
• and
• a partitioning member that guides the substance from the collecting member to the conveying member,
• the collecting member including:
• a conveying portion that carries and conveys the substance;
• and
• a holding portion that holds the conveying portion,
• wherein at least one end of the conveying portion or the holding portion is end-weighted so as to push the substance toward the conveying member, and
• wherein the partitioning member is placed in such a manner that one end of the partitioning member faces the rotating collecting member, and the other end faces the conveying member, and the conveying portion and the at least one end of the end-weighted conveying portion or the holding portion are brought into contact with the partitioning member by the rotation of the collecting member.