Patent ID: 8929795
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning device for use with an image forming apparatus, comprising: a frame including a fixing portion; a cleaning member, fixed at the fixing portion, for removing a developer from an image bearing member, wherein said cleaning member includes: a blade portion contacted to the image bearing member with respect to a counter direction to a movement direction of the image bearing member; and a flexible supporting member for supporting said blade portion, said supporting member including 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 image bearing member 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 image bearing member, wherein the portion-to-be-fixed is provided downstream of the contact portion with respect to movement direction of the image bearing member; and an engaging portion provided on said frame, wherein said engaging portion is engaged, in a state in which said blade portion is not contacted to the image bearing member, with a portion-to-be-engaged provided at said supporting member to position said cleaning member, and wherein said engaging portion is spaced from said portion-to-be-engaged in a state in which said blade portion is contacted to the image bearing member.