摘要 |
A cleaning apparatus comprises a cleaning housing which has an opening and an accommodating part for accommodating removed toner. The opening faces an image bearing member. The apparatus further comprises a blade which covers part of the opening with the blade having one end which contacts the image bearing member, a cleaning roller, which is provided in the cleaning housing, for collecting toner which is removed by the blade and transporting the toner into the cleaning housing, and a scraper for scraping toner on the cleaning roller. The accommodating part for accumulating removed toner is partitioned by the scraper.
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