Blade-type cleaning device for electrophotograhic copying machine

摘要

A blade-type cleaning device for use in an electrophotographic copying machine which is effective to prevent generation of abnormal noise resulting from vibration of a blade member. The cleaning device has an elastic blade member in pressing contact with a surface of rotating photoconductive member for removing residual toner from the surface thereof during the movement of the photoconductive member, and a holder for holding the blade member wherein a leading edge portion of the holder and the surface of the blade member confronting it having some degree of freedom with respect to one another.