Cleaning device and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11318770-B2
Application number	US-202017017262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2020
Priority date	Sep 11, 2019
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A cleaning device cleans a conveyance face of a conveyance member conveying a sheet. The cleaning device includes a delivery roller, a pressure roller, a fixed roller and a winding roller. The delivery roller supports a web roll that a belt shaped web is wound into a roll. The pressure roller brings the web delivered from the web roll into pressure-contact with the conveyance face. The fixed roller keeps an extending angle of the web passed from between the conveyance member and the pressure roller constant. The winding roller winds the used web passed the fixed roller into a roll.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cleaning device cleaning a conveyance face of a conveyance member conveying a sheet, the cleaning device comprising:
a cleaning unit which removes foreign matter adhered on the conveyance face by using a belt shaped web; and
a unit moving part which displaces the cleaning unit in a cleaning position where the cleaning unit comes into contact with the conveyance face and in a separation position separated away from the cleaning position, wherein
the cleaning unit includes:
a delivery roller which supports a web roll that the belt shaped web is wound into a roll;
a pressure roller bringing the web delivered from the web roll into pressure-contact with the conveyance face;
a fixed roller which keeps an extending angle of the web passed from between the conveyance member and the pressure roller constant;
a winding roller which winds the used web passed the fixed roller into a roll; and
a guide contact part, and

the unit moving part moves the cleaning unit while bringing the guide contact part into contact with a guide part provided between the cleaning position and the separation position.

2. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the fixed roller keeps the extending angle of the web such that the web extends from between the conveyance member and the pressure roller in a direction lower than a horizontal direction.

3. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the fixed roller keeps the extending angle of the web such that the web extends from between the conveyance member and the pressure roller along a tangential line of the conveyance member and the pressure roller.

4. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein
an outer circumferential face of the pressure roller is made of elastic material, and partially deformed when coming into contact with the conveyance face.

5. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cleaning unit includes a sheet member which prevents the foreign matter from scattering.

6. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming part forming an image on the sheet; and
the cleaning device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Tamekuni Yusuke
• Watanabe Takeshi
• Satake Kenichi
• Usui Masato
• Yuasa Yuzuru
• Michishita Yasuhiro
• Ohata Shinobu
• Yamasaki Shunsuke
• Miyakoshi Naoto
• Sakane Hiroki
• Tamai Hiroatsu

Classifications

• B41J29/17 Primary

  Cleaning arrangements · CPC title

• B65H2601/273

  Adhering of handled material to another handled material or to part of the handling machine · CPC title

• B65H2301/531

  Cleaning parts of handling machine · CPC title

• B65H37/00 Primary

  Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations (incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00) · CPC title