| abstract |
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus using an electrophotographic system such as a copying machine, a facsimile machine, and a printer, and sufficiently removes discharge products from the surface of a toner image carrier having improved durability while protecting a cleaning blade. It has a function. A toner image carrier 10 having a surface layer 101 containing a resin having a crosslinked structure, and a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the toner image carrier 10 by charging the toner to a predetermined polarity. 40, a cleaning blade 61 in which the tip 611 is pressed against the surface layer 101, scraping off foreign matter present on the surface layer 101 of the toner image carrier 10, and the upstream side in the rotational direction of the toner image carrier 10 with respect to the cleaning blade 61 A brush member 62 provided with a bristle portion 622 that contacts the surface layer 101 of the toner image carrier 10, and a bias applying unit that applies a bias having the same polarity as the predetermined polarity to the brush member 62. 63. [Selection] Figure 1 |