Patent ID: 6115565
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A process cartridge detachably mountable relative to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising:an image bearing member;a developing roller for developing an electrostatic image formed on said image bearing member with a developer;a spacer provided at a longitudinal end of said developing roller and contacting said image bearing member to provide a predetermined gap between said developing roller and said image bearing member;a cleaning member, contacting said image bearing member, for removing the developer from said image bearing member, wherein a longitudinal end of said cleaning member is provided in a region, in a longitudinal direction, in which said spacer contacts said image bearing member;a seal member, for preventing leakage of the developer, contacting the longitudinal end of said cleaning member; anda fibrous member, provided on an image-bearing-member contacting side of said seal member, for removing the developer from said image bearing member, said fibrous member extending from inside portion to an outside portion of the longitudinal end of said cleaning member.