Patent ID: 11947304
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A cleaning device comprising:
a cleaning brush that has a plurality of bristles that rotate and contact a surface, to which toner has adhered, of a cleaning member to be cleaned, the cleaning brush removing the toner adhered to the surface of the cleaning member;
a first contact member that contacts the bristles without a position of the first contact member relative to a position of the cleaning brush being changed; and
a second contact member that contacts the bristles at a location downstream from the first contact member in a direction of rotation of the cleaning brush and without a position of the second contact member relative to the position of the cleaning brush being changed, the second contact member being disposed on an extension line extended from a line from an axial center of the cleaning brush to a base of a first bristle, and the first contact member being positioned so as to contact the first bristle whose base is simultaneously at the extension line on which the second contact member is disposed.