Patent ID: 8995900
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning member, to be fixed at a fixing portion, for removing a developer from a surface of a member to be cleaned, said cleaning member comprising: a blade portion contacted to the member to be cleaned with respect to a direction counter to a movement direction of the member to be cleaned; and a flexible supporting member for supporting said blade portion, said supporting member comprising one end portion where said blade portion is provided, another end portion including a portion to be fixed for being fixed at the fixing portion, and a bent portion between said one end portion and said another end portion at a side remote from a surface of the member to be cleaned toward an outside with respect to a line connecting the portion to be fixed and a contact portion where said blade portion is contacted to the member to be cleaned, wherein the portion to be fixed is provided downstream of the contact portion with respect to the movement direction of the member to be cleaned, and wherein said blade portion is supported by said supporting member in contact with only said one end portion.