Patent ID: 7415238

Claim:
A cleaning device for cleaning off a toner from a surface of a member rotating in a first direction, comprising: a blade made of an elastic material including a tip portion that is pressed against the surface in a second direction counter to the first direction, the tip portion including a slanting portion; and a supporter that supports the blade, wherein an angle between the slanting portion and a longitudinal direction of the blade is obtuse, and the slanting portion is configured to be pressed against the surface at a surface pressure of 2.0 MPa or more, wherein the angle is 95 degrees or more and 140 degrees or less, the slanting portion is formed by obliquely cutting the tip portion, and the tip portion has a width of 200 micrometers in a thickness direction of the blade and a length of 100 micrometers in the longitudinal direction of the blade.