Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waste toner collecting device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same
- Patent Title (中): 废粉收集装置及其结合的成像装置
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Application No.: US12155745Application Date: 2008-06-09
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Publication No.: US07865092B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Koji Murata , Yasuyuki Fukunaga , Chisato Hatakeyama
- Applicant: Koji Murata , Yasuyuki Fukunaga , Chisato Hatakeyama
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-164110 20070621
- Main IPC: G03G21/12
- IPC: G03G21/12
Abstract:
A waste toner collecting device includes: a tubular member provided with a toner inlet and a toner outlet; a roller that is provided upstream of the toner outlet in a toner transport direction inside the tubular member, that has a substantially horizontal rotation axis line, and that is elliptical in vertical section; a scraper that is provided on an inner wall of the tubular member on a downstream side of the toner outlet in a rotation direction of the roller, an edge of the scraper being in contact with the roller; and a waste toner collecting bag that is inflatable and is attached to the toner outlet of the tubular member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080317529A1 Waste toner collecting device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same Public/Granted day:2008-12-25
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