Patent ID: 8923744

Claim:
A cleaning device that cleans a surface of an image carrying body being rotatable about a first rotational shaft, comprising: a cleaning rotating body that is rotatable about a second rotational shaft that is parallel to the first rotational shaft, the cleaning rotating body being arranged in sliding contact with the surface of the image carrying body in a state of carrying a toner on the surface thereof, thereby forming a toner layer; a scraping member that is formed to extend in a direction of the second rotational shaft, the scraping member being a plate-like member with a front end portion being arranged in contact with or in proximity to a surface of the cleaning rotating body to thereby scrape off a toner adhering to the surface of the cleaning rotating body, the scraping member being formed to extend such that a rear end portion, which is opposite to the front end portion, is arranged more on a downstream side in a rotational direction of the cleaning rotating body than a face connecting the second rotational shaft of the cleaning rotating body with the front end portion, and the scraping member including a toner receiving face to which the toner that has been scraped off by the scraping member is carried from the front end portion; and a downstream side restriction portion having a toner restriction face that is arranged to be orthogonal to the toner receiving face when viewed from the second rotational shaft, the downstream side restriction portion restricting movement of the toner, which is to be carried from the front end portion to the toner receiving face, to a downstream side in a rotational direction of the cleaning rotating body, wherein a distance between the front end portion of the scraping member and the toner restriction face of the downstream side restriction portion is no greater than 5 mm.