Patent ID: 9116455
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A charging device that charges a member to be charged, the charging device comprising: a discharge electrode; a housing that surrounds the discharge electrode and has an opening that faces the member to be charged; a plate-shaped grid provided at the opening; a cleaning member that cleans the grid by contacting a surface of the grid that faces the discharge electrode; a pulling mechanism that sandwiches the grid between the mechanism and the cleaning member; and a moving mechanism that moves the cleaning member and the pulling mechanism in a longitudinal direction of the grid in a state sandwiching the grid between the cleaning member and the pulling mechanism, wherein the grid includes a base member, a first protective layer provided on a surface of the base member that faces the cleaning member, the first protective layer protecting the base member, and a second protective layer provided on a surface of the base member that faces the pulling mechanism, the second protective layer protecting the base member and being thicker than the first protective layer.