Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waste toner collecting device and image forming apparatus provided with the same
- Patent Title (中): 废粉收集装置及其设置的成像装置
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Application No.: US12165895Application Date: 2008-07-01
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Publication No.: US07904014B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Takao Umehara , Takashi Kubo
- Applicant: Takao Umehara , Takashi Kubo
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
- Priority: JP2007-184506 20070713
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
A waste toner collecting device comprising: a waste toner removing section that removes a toner which is adhered on a surface of a member to be cleaned, as waste toner; a waste toner storing section that stores the waste toner; and a waste toner transporting section that transports the waste toner to the waste toner storing section, wherein the waste toner transporting section includes a waste toner transporting path, a rotatable shaft arranged in the waste toner transporting path, a transport screw that is arranged at an outer periphery of the shaft in the waste toner transporting path and that has one end in a longitudinal direction coupled to the shaft, and a driving section that is coupled to the other end of the transport screw in the longitudinal direction so as to transmit a rotational force or that is coupled to the shaft so as to transmit a rotational force while rotatably supporting the other end of the transport screw.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090016793A1 WASTE TONER COLLECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME Public/Granted day:2009-01-15
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