Patent ID: 8977183
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning device which is disposed above an image carrier including a rotating axis, and a cylindrical face rotating in one direction around the rotating axis and carrying a toner image, and which cleans the cylindrical face, the cleaning device comprising: a case; a rotating member provided in the case and including a peripheral face that comes into contact with the cylindrical face above the rotating axis in a cross section view that is orthogonal to the rotating axis, is rotatively driven in a same direction as the image carrier at a contact position that comes into contact with the cylindrical face, and recovers a toner that has attached on the image carrier; a sheet member provided in the case and extending horizontally, in the cross section view, from a position that is above the rotating axis and separated from the cylindrical face toward a direction approaching a straight line that connects the rotating axis of the image carrier and the contact position of the rotating member, and includes a leading end which comes into contact with the cylindrical face on a side that is further upstream in the rotating direction of the image carrier than the rotating member; and a cover member provided in the case directly above the sheet member so as to cover an upside of the sheet member, the cover member extending horizontally from a position that is separated from the cylindrical face in the cross section view toward the direction approaching the straight line, the cover member reaching a position over the leading end of the sheet member and extending farther toward the direction approaching the straight line than the leading end of the sheet member in a protruding manner.