Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and drum unit thereof provided with drum cleaner
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Application No.: US14672343Application Date: 2015-03-30
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Publication No.: US10228650B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Junichi Hashimoto , Ryuya Yamazaki
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully ,Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-073248 20140331
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; a photosensitive drum defining an axis extending in a first direction; a support member movable between an inside position and an outside position relative to the apparatus body; a cleaner for removing waste toner from the photosensitive drum; a first conveyer for conveying the waste toner in the first direction; a conveying unit; and a container for storing the waste toner conveyed by the conveying unit. The conveying unit includes a second conveyer for conveying the waste toner conveyed by the first conveyer in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a conveying pipe accommodating the second conveyer and connectable to the container. The conveying pipe includes a shutter for opening and closing a conveyer-side opening formed in a downstream end portion of the conveying pipe in the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150277344A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DRUM UNIT THEREOF PROVIDED WITH DRUM CLEANER Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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