Cleaning member, cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus

A cleaning member, to be fixed at a fixing portion, for removing a developer from a surface of a member to be cleaned, said cleaning member comprising:

• a blade portion contacted to the member to be cleaned with respect to a counter direction to a movement direction of the member to be cleaned;
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• a flexible curved supporting member for supporting said blade portion, said supporting member comprising a blade portion supporting portion where said blade portion is provided in its end side, a portion to be fixed for being fixed at the fixing portion, and a bent top between said blade portion supporting portion and said portion to be fixed in a side remote from a surface of the member to be cleaned toward an outside with respect to a line connecting the portion to be fixed and a contact portion where said blade portion is contacted to the member to be cleaned,
• wherein the portion to be fixed is provided downstream of the contact portion with respect to movement direction of the member to be cleaned, and
• wherein said blade portion is supported by said supporting member in contact to only said blade portion supporting portion.