Belt cleaning device and image forming apparatus

摘要

A belt cleaning device includes a cleaning roller. The cleaning roller includes a roller having an outer peripheral surface. A sheet-like cleaning element is wound to the outer peripheral surface of the roller. One end part of the cleaning element is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the roller. Both side edge parts in the other end part of the cleaning element are fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the roller. The both side edge parts in the other end part of the cleaning element are located on the outside of their region that is to face to possibly largest paper.

主权项

1. A belt cleaning device comprising:
a cleaning roller configured to clean a surface of a conveyance belt on which a recording medium is to be loaded, the conveyance belt conveying the recording medium, wherein the cleaning roller includes:
a roller having an outer peripheral surface; anda sheet-like cleaning element wound to the outer peripheral surface of the roller, and the cleaning element is wound to the outer peripheral surface of the roller plural times in the circumferential direction, so that the cleaning element can be wound and overlaid several times causing a thickness of layers formed by the cleaning element can be increased sufficiently in a diameter, one end part of the cleaning element thereof fixed to the roller, and both side edge parts of the other end part of the cleaning element are fixed at a part of the roller that is located thereof other than in a region thereof that is to face a possible largest recording medium.