US 11,809,098 B2
Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
Akira Shimodaira, Kanagawa (JP); Tomoya Oki, Kanagawa (JP); and Naoya Mitamura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,888.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-052253 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0305446 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/161 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning device comprising:
a cleaning member that removes toner from a surface of an image holder by bringing an upper end portion into contact with the surface from a downstream side in a rotation direction of the image holder;
a housing that supports the cleaning member and that stores the toner removed from the surface of the image holder by the cleaning member; and
a transport member that is provided in the housing and that transports the toner stored in the housing to an outside of the housing at the same height as a contact portion of the cleaning member that comes into contact with the surface of the image holder or at a position above the contact portion.