Image carrying member cartridge and image forming apparatus

An image carrying member cartridge, comprising:

• an image carrying member;
• a charging device disposed along an axial direction of the image carrying member for charging the image carrying member;
• a cleaning member disposed below the charging device and along the axial direction of the image carrying member, wherein the cleaning member is arranged to remove adherents from the image carrying member;
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• a cartridge housing that accommodates the image carrying member, the charging device and the cleaning member, wherein the cartridge housing includes a sheet outlet below the cleaning member to discharge therefrom a recording medium, wherein a dimension of the cleaning member in the axial direction of the image carrying member is less than a dimension of an opening of the sheet outlet in the axial direction of the image carrying member.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image carrying member;
• a charging device disposed along an axial direction of the image carrying member for charging the image carrying member;
• a cleaning member disposed below the charging device and along the axial direction of the image carrying member, wherein the cleaning member is arranged to remove adherents from the image carrying member;
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• a support member that accommodates the image carrying member, the charging device and the cleaning member, wherein the support member includes a sheet outlet below the cleaning member to discharge therefrom a recording medium, wherein ends of the cleaning member in the axial direction of the image carrying member are located closer to a center of the image carrying member in the axial direction thereof as compared with ends of an opening of the sheet outlet in the axial direction of the image carrying member.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image carrying member;
• a charging device disposed along an axial direction of the image carrying member for charging the image carrying member;
• a cleaning member disposed below the charging device and along the axial direction of the image carrying member, wherein the cleaning member is arranged to remove adherents from the image carrying member;
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• a support member that accommodates the image carrying member, the charging device and the cleaning member, wherein the support member includes a sheet outlet below the cleaning member to discharge therefrom a recording medium, wherein a dimension of the cleaning member in the axial direction of the image carrying member is less than a dimension of an opening of the sheet outlet in the axial direction of the image carrying member.