Patent ID: 8401422

Claim:
A cleaning apparatus to remove residual toner of a toner image transferred on a rotating image carrier, the cleaning apparatus comprising: a blade and a roller to remove the residual toner on the image carrier, the blade and the roller provided on a downstream side of a rotating direction of the image carrier than a transfer position of the toner image; a scraper to remove toner attached to the roller; and a first controlling section to control movement of the residual toner removed by the blade and the roller, wherein the first controlling section is provided on an upstream side of the rotating direction of the image carrier than the blade and on a downstream side of the rotating direction of the image carrier than the roller and the scraper, and the first controlling section is provided facing the image carrier with a certain area provided in between to form an accumulating section to accumulate residual toner in the certain area surrounded by the image carrier, the blade, the roller, the scraper and the first controlling section; and the first controlling section controls movement of the toner so as to accumulate toner in the accumulating section.