Patent ID: 8761654

Claim:
A cleaning device to remove untransferred toner from a surface of an image carrier rotatable in a predetermined direction, the cleaning device comprising: a lubricant supply roller contacting the surface of the image carrier to supply a lubricant carried thereon to the surface of the image carrier; a first blade provided upstream from the lubricant supply roller in the direction of rotation of the image carrier, the first blade contacting the surface of the image carrier to level the untransferred toner attaching to the surface of the image carrier to a thin layer; and a second blade provided downstream from the lubricant supply roller in the direction of rotation of the image carrier, the second blade contacting the surface of the image carrier to level the lubricant supplied to the surface of the image carrier by the lubricant supply roller to a thin layer and to remove the untransferred toner from the surface of the image carrier, wherein the first blade contacts the surface of the image carrier in a trailing direction along the direction of rotation of the image carrier; and wherein the second blade contacts the surface of the image carrier in a direction counter to the direction of rotation of the image carrier.