Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drum cartridge and image forming apparatus having residual toner conveying pipe
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Application No.: US18067811Application Date: 2022-12-19
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Publication No.: US11860567B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Enao Yamada , Shougo Sato
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP 20013019 2020.01.29
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A drum cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum rotatable about a drum axis extending in an axis direction; a drum cleaner including a cleaning member cleaning a circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum, and a cleaning housing accommodating transfer residual toner removed from the circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum by the cleaning member; a first drum side plate supporting a first end portion of the photosensitive drum; a second drum side plate located distant from the first drum side plate in the axis direction and supporting a second end portion of the photosensitive drum; a pipe located between the first drum side plate and the second drum side plate in the axis direction and extending in the axis direction; and a conveyor device conveying the transfer residual toner from the cleaning housing to the pipe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230124989A1 DRUM CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING RESIDUAL TONER CONVEYING PIPE Public/Granted day:2023-04-20
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