Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Cleaning device and image forming apparatus including same
A cleaning device including a normally charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with a cleaning target at a contact position to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target, a reversely charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from the normally charged toner cleaning member to remove reversely charged toner from the cleaning target, and a pre-cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from both the normally and reversely charged toner cleaning members to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target. The contact position between the pre-cleaning member and the cleaning target has a width wider than a width of the contact position between the normally charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target and a width of the contact position between the reversely charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Takaya Yuu Kenji Yoshiki Akira Hisashi
Muraishi Sakakibara Sugiura Hozumi Asaoka Kikuchi