Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waste toner collecting device for increasing waste toner collecting efficiency
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Application No.: US17288854Application Date: 2019-12-23
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Publication No.: US11650534B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Hyun-taek Oh , Suhyun Kim , Euntae Jung
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: KR 20190038910 2019.04.03
- International Application: PCT/US2019/068286 2019.12.23
- International Announcement: WO2020/205018A 2020.10.08
- Date entered country: 2021-04-26
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a print engine, a waste toner collecting device, and a waste toner transfer auger. The waste toner collecting device includes a waste toner container, a sensor disposed on one side of the waste toner container, and a rotatable dispersing member which moves waste toner flowing into the waste toner container to another side of the waste toner container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220011715A1 WASTE TONER COLLECTING DEVICE FOR INCREASING WASTE TONER COLLECTING EFFICIENCY Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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