Patent ID: 8364069

Claim:
A cleaning device comprising: a scraping member that scrapes foreign materials from a member to be cleaned while being in contact with the member to be cleaned; and a lubricant supply unit that supplies a lubricant upstream of a contact position between the member to be cleaned and the scraping member in a moving direction of the member to be cleaned, wherein the lubricant supply unit supplies a solid lubricant containing a fatty acid metal salt and a fluorocarbon resin, wherein the lubricant supply unit includes a rotary member that rotates in contact with the solid lubricant and the member to be cleaned, and wherein the lubricant supply unit includes a vibrator that vibrates the solid lubricant by transmission of vibration due to contact between the rotary member and a contact member downstream of a position where the rotary member contacts the solid lubricant or contact between the member to be cleaned and the scraping member.