Patent ID: 8355664

Claim:
A cleaning device for a photosensitive drum, comprising: a cleaning roller configured to contact a surface of the photosensitive drum and polish the surface of the photosensitive drum with the rotation thereof relative to the surface of the photosensitive drum; a cleaning blade configured to contact the surface of the photosensitive drum at a position located downstream the contact position between the surface of the photosensitive drum and the cleaning roller in a rotation direction of the photosensitive drum and remove remaining toner from the surface of the photosensitive drum; and a layer control member configured to contact the cleaning roller and control a thickness of the remaining toner adhering to the cleaning roller, wherein the layer control member comprises: an upstream scraper having a surface configured to surface contact the cleaning roller in a substantially same direction as the rotation direction of the cleaning roller, and a downstream scraper having an edge configured to line contact the cleaning roller (i) at a position located downstream of the contact position between the cleaning roller and the upstream scraper in the rotation direction of the cleaning roller and (ii) in a direction opposing the rotation direction of the cleaning roller.