Patent ID: 6983120

Claim:
A cleaning blade for removing remaining developer on an electrophotographic photosensitive body usable by an image forming apparatus comprising: an abutment portion abutable to the electrophotographic photosensitive body; and lubricant including: insulating particles; and conductive particles wherein said lubricant coats said abutment portion, wherein the median volume-based particle size, D 50 , of each of said insulating particles lies in a range of 0.2 to 1.0 μm and the median volume-based particle size, D 50 , of each of said conductive particles lies in a range of 0.4 to 4.0 μm, and wherein the median volume-based particle size, D 50 , of each of said conductive particles lies in a range that is larger than the range of the median volume-based particle size, D 50 , of each of said insulating particles.