Patent ID: 8744302
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning device comprising: a first cleaning member that cleans an outer surface of a belt member by coming into contact with the outer surface; a first opposing member that is in contact with an inner surface of the belt member at a position that is opposite the first cleaning member; a second cleaning member that is disposed further upstream than the first cleaning member in a travel direction of the belt member, the second cleaning member cleaning the outer surface of the belt member by coming into contact with the outer surface; a second opposing member that is in contact with the inner surface of the belt member at a position that is opposite the second cleaning member; and a pressing member that is disposed between the first opposing member and the second opposing member so as to be intersected by a line that connects the first and second opposing members, the pressing member being in contact with the outer surface of the belt member and being configured to press a portion of the belt member that is located between the first opposing member and the second opposing member from an outer surface side of the belt member toward an inner surface side of the belt member.