Patent ID: 9110430
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning device for use with an image forming apparatus, comprising: a frame including a fixing portion; and 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 direction counter 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 other end portion in 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 when a distance between the portion-to-be-fixed and the image bearing member in a longitudinal central side of the portion-to-be-fixed is D