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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning member for an image forming apparatus, in which separation of one or both lengthwise ends of an elastic layer is prevented. SOLUTION: The cleaning member 100 is formed from, for example, a roll-like member that has a shaft 100A and an elastic layer 100B. The elastic layer 100B is disposed such that it is spirally wound around the shaft 100A, serving as a spiral shaft, from one end of the shaft 100A to the other end thereof in the axial direction of the shaft 100A at regular intervals. The one or both ends of the spirally disposed elastic layer 100B in the lengthwise direction (i.e., the spiral direction) are disposed in the shaft 100A. Specifically, the lengthwise end of the spirally disposed elastic layer 100B is disposed in the shaft 100A so that while the cleaning member 100 makes one rotation in its circumferential direction, the end of the elastic layer 100B is prevented from coming into contact with a surface to be cleaned. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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