CLEANING DEVICES FOR USE IN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS

摘要

ABSTRUCT OF THE DISCLOSURE A cleaning device for use in an electrophotographic apparatus for removing developer toners remaining on the surface of a photosensitive element after transfer printing a developed image therefrom to a receptor sheet. The cleaning device is provided with a cleaning means comprising a resilient inner member and an outer member provided thereon and frictionally contacted with the element to generate triboelectrical charges of opposite polarity to that of charges exsisting on the photosensitive element, at the time of being in frictionally contact therewith.