Patent ID: 8526854
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning body comprising: a rotating axial member; an elastic layer, fixed to the rotating axial member, contacting a body to be cleaned and cleaning the body to be cleaned; a held portion projecting out towards the rotating axial member axial direction outside from an axial direction end portion of the elastic layer; a holding member provided at an axial direction end portion of the rotating axial member and holding the held portion between the holding member and the rotating axial member; and a cleaning portion comprising an incision formed in a width direction central portion of the end portion of the elastic layer, formed such that the incision is kept open by the held portion being held by the holding member, the cleaning portion contacting an end portion of the body to be cleaned and cleaning the end portion of the body to be cleaned, and wherein the holding member deforms the held portion in a direction such that the held portion is compressed between the holding member and the rotating axial member, and wherein the held portion is disposed adjacent to the cleaning portion in a circumferential direction of the cleaning portion.