Patent ID: 6044235
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A process cartridge removably mountable to a main body of an image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising:a drum-like rotatable member having an electrophotographic photosensitive layer, said rotatable member having an abutted surface at one axial end thereof against which a spacer attached to a developing sleeve opposed to said drum-like rotatable member is abutted for keeping a distance between said electrophotographic photosensitive layer and the developing sleeve at a predetermined value;process means for acting on said electrophotographic photosensitive layer; anda raised fabric-like cleaning member disposed at a position where it faces the abutted surface and where the developing sleeve supplies toner to said electrophotographic photosensitive layer so that fabric abuts against said abutted surface of said drum-like rotatable member, said raised fabric-like cleaning member including fibers of which distal ends are bent and inclined in a direction counter to a rotational direction of said drum-like rotatable member, said raised fabric-like cleaning member storing toner removed from said drum-like rotatable member therein.