Image forming apparatus with photosensitive member cleaning blade

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a photosensitive member which is rotatably disposed, and on which an electrostatic latent image is developed to form a toner image;
• a cleaning blade which comprises a body portion configured by an elastic elate member, and a base plate portion supporting said body portion, and which removes away a toner that remains on said photosensitive member after the toner image is transferred, by means of said body portion that pressingly contacts said photosensitive member;
• a housing which holds said photosensitive member and said cleaning blade;
• and
• a recess which is disposed in said housing, and which accommodates at least part of said base plate,
• wherein said cleaning blade being pressingly secured to said recess by said photosensitive member,
• wherein part of said base plate portion is pressed against a bottom of said recess.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a photosensitive member which is rotatably disposed, and on which an electrostatic latent image is developed to form a toner image;
• a cleaning blade which comprises a body portion configured by an elastic plate member, and a base plate portion supporting said body portion, and which removes away a toner that remains on said photosensitive member after the toner image is transferred, by means of said body portion that pressingly contacts said photosensitive member;
• a housing which holds said photosensitive member and said cleaning blade;
• and
• a recess which is disposed in said housing, and which accommodates at least part of said base plate,
• wherein said cleaning blade being pressingly secured to said recess by said photosensitive member,
• wherein a hook which prevents said cleaning blade from slipping off said housing is disposed on said housing.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a photosensitive member that forms a toner image on a surface of the photosensitive member;
• a cleaning blade that removes away, from the surface of the photosensitive member, a toner that remains on the surface of the photosensitive member after the toner image is transferred to a recording medium;
• a base member that holds the cleaning blade, the base member having an end portion on each of both sides of the base member;
• and
• a housing that holds the photosensitive member, the housing having a pair of recesses inside the housing, the recess being configured to face toward the photosensitive member,
• the end portions of the base member to be inserted into the inside of the pair of the recesses, the cleaning blade to contact the photosensitive member, the end portions of the base member being pressingly fixed into the inside of the pair of the recesses by the photosensitive member, wherein the cleaning blade is secured to the recess by the photosensitive member.