Patent ID: 7149455

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: an image forming section forming an image on an image formation surface of a recording medium, the recording medium having a width in a widthwise direction orthogonal to a recording-medium transportation direction; a plurality of recording-medium supply units each supplying the image forming section with the recoding medium; a transportation guide forming a plurality of transportation paths, each transportation path connecting a corresponding one of the plurality of recording-medium supply units to the image forming section, the recording medium being transported from each recording-medium supply unit to the image forming section in the recording-medium transportation direction, each of the plurality of transportation paths joining together to provide a single main transportation path before reaching the image forming section, the single main transportation path being a path through which the recording mediums supplied from all of the plurality of recording-medium supply units are transported; a full-width cleaning member disposed in the single main transportation path, the full-width cleaning member being contactable with the image formation surface of the recording medium, the full-width cleaning member having a full-width cleaning portion for removing foreign matter adhering to the image formation surface of the recording medium, the full-width cleaning portion having a first width greater than the width of the recording medium in the widthwise direction; a plurality of recording-medium separating members each disposed at a position, in each of the plurality of transportation paths, between a corresponding recording-medium supply unit and the full-width cleaning member, each recording-medium separating member being contactable with one surface of the recording medium, thereby separating only one sheet of the recording medium to be transported downstream, each recording-medium separating member having a second width in the widthwise direction smaller than the width of the recording medium; and at least one partial cleaning member provided for each recording-medium separating member, the at least one partial cleaning member being disposed at a position, in a corresponding transportation path, between a corresponding recording-medium separating member and the image forming section, each partial cleaning member being contactable with the one surface of the recording medium, each partial cleaning member having a partial cleaning portion for removing foreign matter adhering to the one surface of the recording medium, the partial cleaning portion having a third width greater than the second width of the corresponding recording-medium separating member.