An image forming device has a charging roller including a shaft which is
rotatably supported and a cleaning roller that abuts the charging roller.
The cleaning roller includes a shaft that is rotatably supported and a
porous elastic layer being provided around the shaft. The image forming
device satisfies the relation T.times..alpha./100>(R1+R2)-L>B>0,
where L [mm] is a separation distance of axial centers of both end
portions of the shaft of the cleaning roller and the shaft of the
charging roller, R1 [mm] is a radius of the charging roller, T [mm] is a
thickness of the porous elastic layer, R2 [mm] is a radius of the
cleaning roller, B [mm] is a flexure amount of an axial direction central
portion of the shaft of the cleaning roller, and .alpha. [%] is a maximum
allowable compression rate in accordance with a stress-flexure curve.