Patent ID: 8965240
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning device comprising: a housing having an opening that opposes an image carrier and a waste toner receiver that receives toner that has been scraped off from a surface of the image carrier; a cleaning member including a rotation member that is rotated in a forward rotation direction, the cleaning member being positioned near the opening in the housing and removes residual toner from the surface of the image carrier; a contact member positioned so as to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the rotation member; a torque limiter located on a rotation shaft of the rotation member and capable of rotating independently of the rotation shaft when a torque that is greater than or equal to a predetermined torque is applied to the torque limiter; an urging member that applies an urging force to the torque limiter in a reverse rotation direction; and when T