Patent ID: 7711285

Claim:
A cleaning device, comprising: a cleaning unit which is provided with an open portion disposed opposite an outer circumferential portion of an image bearing member and is disposed downstream of a position for transferring to a paper a toner image which is formed on the image bearing member; a cleaning blade which is provided in the interior of the cleaning unit and wherein an apical portion abuts the outer circumferential portion of the image bearing member, for scraping off residual toner attached to the image bearing member; a toner catching sheet disposed upstream in a rotating direction of the image bearing member from the open portion of the cleaning unit body, said toner catching sheet being provided in the interior of the cleaning unit and parallel in a lengthwise direction to an axial direction of the image bearing member; and a paper peeling claw provided upstream on the main body of the cleaning unit body and abuttable to the image bearing member for peeling from the image bearing member the paper onto which has been transferred the toner image when abutting the image bearing member, said paper peeling claw being provided with a paper peeling portion for peeling the paper from the image bearing member and a vibrating portion for causing the toner catching sheet to vibrate by touching the toner catching sheet when the paper peeling portion abuts or separates from the image bearing member.