Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer collection device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂收集装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12554556Application Date: 2009-09-04
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Publication No.: US07920816B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Tadashi Ishikawa , Mihoko Tanaka
- Applicant: Tadashi Ishikawa , Mihoko Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: JPP2009-080028 20090327
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
A developer collection device includes: a collection unit including: a collection container that contains a developer to be collected; an upstream connection part that is formed with an inlet port through which the developer flows in; and a collection conveying part that conveys the developer flown in through the inlet port toward the collection container; and a connection unit including: an upstream connection port that is connected to an upstream conveying path; a connection conveying part that conveys the developer flown in through the upstream connection port in a developer conveying direction; and a connection outlet port that is formed at a downstream end in the developer conveying direction, wherein the connection unit is configured to be movable between an extracted position and a retracted position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100247192A1 DEVELOPER COLLECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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