Patent ID: 6014538
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A cleaning device comprising:a cylindrical member having a slit extended in a shaft direction in an outer periphery thereof;a cleaning member of a belt form wound around the outer periphery of the cylindrical member;a feed-out shaft that extends in the shaft direction within the cylindrical member, having the cleaning member wound therearound and feeding out the wound cleaning member;a rewind shaft extended in the shaft direction within the cylindrical member rewinding the cleaning member out from the feed-out shaft in a direction opposite to that of the feed-out shaft after the cleaning member is extended out of the cylindrical member through the slit, wound around the outer periphery of the cylindrical member, and introduced again into the cylindrical member through the slit;a drive member that rotates the rewind shaft; anda belt member for slidably connecting the feed-out shaft and the rewind shaft and transferring a driving force generated upon rotation of the rewind shaft by the drive member to the feed-out shaft as a driving force working in a direction that is opposite to the rotational direction of the feed-out shaft.