Cleaning device, image forming unit and image forming apparatus

A cleaning device incorporated in an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising an image carrier and a transfer member, the image carrier carrying a developer image formed by an electrophotographic method, the transfer member transferring the developer image from the image carrier to a medium, the cleaning device comprising:

• a cleaning member that removes, from the image carrier, residual developer that remains on the image carrier without being transferred from the image carrier to the medium;
• a rotary conveying member that has a rotation axis in a predetermined direction, rotates about the rotation axis, and conveys the removed residual developer in the predetermined direction;
• and
• a housing that contains the rotary conveying member,
• the housing comprising:
• a support member that supports the cleaning member;
• and
• a protective member that has an inner wall which opposes outer periphery of the rotary conveying member and partially covers the rotary conveying member, wherein
• the protective member is made of a resin molding material to which filler is not added,
• the support member is made of a resin molding material to which filler is added, wherein
• the filler is inorganic filler of which glass fiber is a main component.