Patent ID: 7418231

Claim:
A cleaning blade member for use in a cleaning section for removing toner on a toner-deposited body, the cleaning blade member comprising two layers consisting of: an edge layer making contact with the toner-deposited body; and a back layer provided on a back side of the edge layer, and wherein the edge layer has a Young's modulus of 8 to 20 MPa and an impact resilience at 25° C. of 20 to 40%, and when the Young's modulus of the edge layer is designated as E a , a Young's modulus of the back layer is designated as E b , a thickness of the edge layer is designated as T a , and a thickness of the back layer is designated as T b , a ratio (R b /R a ) between a contribution rate R a of the Young's modulus of the edge layer represented by an equation (1) indicated below, and a contribution rate R b of the Young's modulus of the back layer represented by an equation (2) indicated below is 0.01 to 6.0, and a total Young's modulus (R a +R b ) of the edge layer and the back layer is 7 to 14 MPa: R a =[T a E a /( T a +T b )] (1) R b =[T b E b /( T a +T b )] (2).