Image forming apparatus including a toner guide member

摘要

An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a guide member 140 positioned so as to be above a blade 60 in a casing 9 of a cleaning section 6. The guide member 140 guides the toner 8, which has been scraped from an image carrier 1 with the blade 60, turned into powder smoke and moved to the upper side of the blade 60, to the apical surface 61 of the blade 60. The apparatus is capable of reducing the friction coefficient between the blade and the image carrier with its compact and simple structure.