Patent ID: 8953973
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a toner image forming portion for forming the toner image on said image bearing member; a transfer member for electrostatically transferring the toner image from said image bearing member, on which the toner image is borne, onto a recording material at a transfer portion; a cleaning blade, provided downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of said toner image forming portion with respect to a rotational direction of said image bearing member, for removing a toner in contact with a surface of said image bearing member; a discharging member, provided downstream of said cleaning blade and upstream of said toner image forming portion with respect to the rotational direction of said image bearing member, for electrically discharging said image bearing member; and a thin plate-like member provided downstream of said discharging member and upstream of said toner image forming portion with respect to the rotational direction of said image bearing member, wherein an end of said thin plate-like member is contacted to a surface of said image bearing member toward an upstream side with respect to the rotational direction of said image bearing member.