Cleaning blade and apparatus employing the same.

摘要

The present invention provides a cleaning blade of a cleaning device for eliminating remaining toner powder from a surface of an image-holding member. The cleaning blade is constituted of silicone rubber. The silicone rubber contains not more than 5 % by weight of a low-viscosity organosiloxane component, has rubber hardness within the range of from 40 DEG to 90 DEG , and cause permanent compression set of not more than 20 % according to JIS A.