Patent ID: 6587666
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A process unit comprising:a photosensitive drum which is rotatable and has an outer circumferential surface on which toner is to be sticked; and a cleaner which removes toner sticking on the outer circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum; wherein the cleaner includes: a blade which scrapes the toner sticking on the outer circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum from the outer circumferential surface, a paddle having a rotation center and at least one arm projecting outward from the rotation center in a radial direction of the rotation center, said paddle being rotatable in a predetermined direction at a position near a toner scraping position of the blade on the outer circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum, and said paddle cyclically moving the scraped toner scraped by the blade from the toner scraping position, and a scraper which is provided in a side of the paddle opposite to the outer circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum, said scraper having a free end disposed radially outwardly and near to a rotation locus drawn by a radially directional outer end of the arm of the paddle during a rotation of the paddle, and said free end scraping the scraped toner carried by the arm of the paddle rotated to an opposite side during rotation of the paddle, and wherein the toner is magnetic and the arm of the paddle is made of a magnet.