Cleaner and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image carrier that carries an image on a surface;
• a developing device that develops a latent image on the surface of the image carrier to form a visible image;
• a transfer unit that transfers the visible image developed by the developing device onto a medium;
• a cleaner that performs cleaning by removing developer attached to the surface of the image carrier after the visible image is transferred;
• and
• a fixing device that fixes the visible image transferred on the medium,
• wherein the cleaner includes
• a substantially plate-shaped cleaning member having a distal end in contact with the image carrier, the cleaning member performing cleaning by removing the developer attached to the surface of the image carrier,
• a cleaning container that stores the developer removed by the cleaning member,
• a cleaning support body including a cleaning support portion having a substantially sheet-like shape extending in an extending direction from the distal end to a proximal end of the cleaning member, the cleaning support portion supporting the proximal end of the cleaning member, a bent portion extending in a direction bent from the extending direction of the cleaning support portion, and a supported portion provided in the cleaning support portion and supported by the cleaning container,
• a vibration-damping body provided in contact with an end of the bent portion opposite the cleaning support portion, the vibration-damping member regulating vibration of the cleaning support body, and
• a vibration-damping-body fixing member supported by the cleaning container, the vibration-damping-body fixing member having a clamp portion that clamps and supports the vibration-damping body between the vibration-damping-body fixing member and the end of the bent portion opposite the cleaning support portion.