| 摘要 |
An image forming apparatus comprising a toner accumulating member disposed nearer to the housing than the cleaning blade and the lower seal are, wherein the toner accumulating member accumulates the toner at a tip of the cleaning blade; the toner accumulating member has at least one opening; and the following condition is satisfied: <?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?>0%<S(O)/S(C)<50% <?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?> wherein S(O) is a total opening area obtained by summing areas of all openings; and S(C) is an area of a rectangle defined by two sides having the same length as a length of the cleaning blade in its longitudinal direction and two sides having the same length as a distance between the lower end of the toner accumulating member and a position at the same height on the toner accumulating member as the lower end of the cleaning blade.
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