Cleaning device for the xerography machine

Electrophotography – Cleaning of imaging surface – Fibrous brush

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ABSTRACT:
A cleaning device for removing and collecting toner left on the surface of a photoreceptor includes a housing, a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the housing and a brush, provided on the outer surface of the rotary shaft, for scraping off toner from the surface of the photoreceptor, a bar-like member fastened at both ends thereof to the housing and positioned at a location where the bar-like member is flicked with upon the rotation of the brush, an auger, positioned at a predetermined location within the housing, for transporting the toner scraped off to a given direction, and the bar-like member being disposed so as to prevent the auger from being further moved from the predetermined position and from contacting with the brush. Further, an image forming apparatus includes an earth plate fastened to the side wall of the housing is provided with first and second plate-like terminals, the first terminal is in contact with the end of a shaft of the cleaning brush, and the second terminal is in contact with the end of the flicker bar.

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