Patent ID: 7177583

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a photoreceptor comprising: an electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer comprising a charge generation material and a charge transport material, and overlying the electroconductive substrate; a charger configured to charge the photoreceptor; an irradiator configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor; an image developer configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with a developer comprising a toner to form a toner image on the photoreceptor; a transferer configured to transfer the toner image onto a transfer material; and a cleaner configured to clean the photoreceptor, comprising a rotatable core and a looped brush fiber provided on the surface of the rotatable core so as to contact the photoreceptor, wherein the rotatable core of the cleaner has a same rotating direction as that of the photoreceptor at a contact position of the cleaner with the photoreceptor.