Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning structure for intermediate transfer belt with storage space equipped with shutter
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Application No.: US17915221Application Date: 2021-03-24
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Publication No.: US11809099B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Hogun You , Wonkook Kim
- 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 20200042682 2020.04.08
- International Application: PCT/US2021/023836 2021.03.24
- International Announcement: WO2021/206907A 2021.10.14
- Date entered country: 2022-09-28
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G15/01 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive drums, an intermediate transfer belt, a cleaning member to contact an inner surface of the intermediate transfer belt to remove impurities from the intermediate transfer belt, a storage member including a storage to accommodate the impurities removed by the cleaning member, and a shutter movable to a first location at which the storage is opened and a closing location at which the storage is closed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230113119A1 CLEANING STRUCTURE FOR INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT WITH STORAGE SPACE EQUIPPED WITH SHUTTER Public/Granted day:2023-04-13
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