Patent ID: 7983608

Claim:
A cleaning apparatus which cleans toner on an image bearing member, the cleaning apparatus comprising: a cleaning blade configured to collect toner on a surface of the image bearing member by contacting an edge portion thereof with the image bearing member; a container configured to store the collected toner therein; a first rotation axis configured to rotatably support the cleaning blade; an urging member configured to urge the cleaning blade; a positioning portion configured to position the cleaning blade so that the cleaning blade urged by the urging member stands by at a predetermined position when the cleaning blade is not in contact with the image bearing member; and a second rotation axis configured to rotatably support the cleaning apparatus while contacting a part of a main body when the cleaning apparatus is mounted on the main body; wherein the edge portion is positioned on a straight line or away from the image bearing member with respect to the straight line which connects a rotation center of the first rotation axis with a rotation center of the second rotation axis when the cleaning blade is located at the predetermined position.