Patent ID: 8913943

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image support; a charging unit that charges the image support; an exposing unit that exposes the image support charged by the charging unit, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image; a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image formed by the exposing unit, thereby forming a toner image on the image support; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed on the image support to a transfer target in a transfer area; and a cleaning unit, wherein, the cleaning unit is provided downstream from the transfer area in a rotational direction of the image support, and a cleaning unit, wherein, the cleaning unit includes: a cleaning blade that is provided downstream from the transfer area in a rotational direction of the image support and scrapes off untransferred toner remaining on the image support; an application brush that contacts the image support on the downstream side in the rotational direction of the image support relative to the cleaning blade, the application brush rotating in a counter direction at a contact position with the image support, thereby scratching off lubricant particles from a solid lubricant provided at its periphery, and supporting and feeding the lubricant particles toward the contact position with the image support; and a moving force providing unit that provides the lubricant being fed by the application brush with an electrical moving force toward the image support, on the upstream side in the rotational direction of the application brush relative to the contact position of the image support and the application brush.