Patent ID: 7711308
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning device that removes deposit on a surface of a surface moving member that rotates in a surface moving direction, the cleaning device comprising: a cleaning blade made of an elastic member elongated along a rotation axis of the surface moving member, the cleaning blade including a warp restrictive member that is attached on the third surface, the warp restrictive member restricting a warp in the cleaning blade, the warp being formed in a manner that the second surface expands and the third surface shrinks; and a holding member that is supported by a main body of the cleaning device at the downstream of the contact point, the holding member holding the cleaning blade via the warp restrictive member, wherein a thickness of the cleaning blade in a direction of the normal line is thicker than a thickness of the cleaning blade in the surface moving direction.