| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To prevent the lenticulated waviness, etc., of a toner guiding member caused by the breakage of a photosensitive drum and the effect of temperature and humidity by using a metallic thin plate having specified thickness as the toner guiding member. CONSTITUTION:The toner guiding member 15 which is positioned on the upstream side from a cleaning member 12 with respect to the moving direction of an image carrier 100, whose one end contacts with the image carrier 100 and which receives remaining toner removed by the cleaning member 12 and guides it to a toner collecting member 13 is formed of the metallic thin plate which has elasticity and whose thickness is <=0.1mm, desirably 0.02-0.08mm. Thus, pressing force to the surface of the photosensitive drum is uniformized, so that a trouble caused by the leakage of toner is eliminated and the scratch of the photosensitive drum is prevented from occurring. |
