Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device for image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置用清洁装置
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Application No.: US12024348Application Date: 2008-02-01
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Publication No.: US07792478B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kagawa
- Applicant: Tsuyoshi Kagawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JP2007-024431 20070202
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/095

Abstract:
A cleaning device includes a cleaning unit configured to remove toner on an image bearing member, a container adapted to contain the removed toner that is recovered, a screw configured to convey the removed toner toward the container, a spherical moving member configured to be moved by the rotation of the screw in the direction of the rotation axis of the screw, and a driving unit configured to rotate the screw in a first direction for conveying the moving member toward the container and in a second direction opposite from the first direction for conveying the moving member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080187377A1 CLEANING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-08-07
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