Patent ID: 8509671

Claim:
A cleaner comprising: a substantially plate-shaped cleaning member having a distal end in contact with an image carrier that carries an image on a surface, the cleaning member performing cleaning by removing developer attached to the surface of the image carrier; a cleaning container that stores the developer removed by the cleaning member; a cleaning support body including a cleaning support portion having a substantially sheet-like shape extending in an extending direction from the distal end to a proximal end of the cleaning member, the cleaning support portion supporting the proximal end of the cleaning member, a bent portion extending in a direction bent from the extending direction of the cleaning support portion, and a supported portion provided in the cleaning support portion and supported by the cleaning container; a vibration-damping body provided in contact with an end of the bent portion opposite the cleaning support portion, the vibration-damping member regulating vibration of the cleaning support body; and a vibration-damping-body fixing member supported by the cleaning container, the vibration-damping-body fixing member having a clamp portion that clamps and supports the vibration-damping body between the vibration-damping-body fixing member and the end of the bent portion opposite the cleaning support portion.