BRUSH ROLLER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier on which a toner image is formed; a cleaning unit that removes residual toner remaining on the image carrier after transferring the toner image onto a medium; and a lubricant applying unit that includes a lubricant and a brush roller that scrapes the lubricant and applies scraped lubricant to the image carrier and that is arranged upstream of the cleaning unit in a rotation direction of the image carrier. The brush roller includes a bristle of which cross section is shaped such that a point from which a plurality of projections extends is positioned outside a center of the cross section of the bristle.