Patent ID: 7873302

Claim:
A cleaning device comprising: a cleaning unit that removes residual toner from a surface of an image carrier after a toner image is transferred from the surface; and a housing that houses the cleaning unit, the cleaning unit including a cleaning member that contacts the surface of the image carrier and removes the residual toner, a receiving member that receives the residual toner, a guiding member that guides the residual toner to the receiving member, the guiding member having a length and a width, the length of the guiding member being longer than the width of the guiding member, an end member that is arranged about end portions of the cleaning member and the guiding member, the end member including a first side and a second side parallel to the first side, the guiding member traversing across the first and second sides of the end member in a direction of the length of the guiding member and extending outward from the first and second sides of the end member, and an adhering member that adheres the guiding member to the receiving member.