Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning apparatus having an upper housing with varied thickness and image forming apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 具有不同厚度的上壳体的清洁装置和具有其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11843962Application Date: 2007-08-23
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Publication No.: US07937037B2Publication Date: 2011-05-03
- Inventor: Seung-chan Park , Myoung-su Baek , Soon-seok Kwon
- Applicant: Seung-chan Park , Myoung-su Baek , Soon-seok Kwon
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Stanzione & Kim, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0029974 20070327
- Main IPC: G03G21/12
- IPC: G03G21/12 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus include a cleaning member to remove a waste toner remaining in a photoconductive medium and a housing to support the cleaning member, including a waste toner admission portion to provide a transfer path of the waste toner removed by the cleaning member, and a waste toner collecting portion to store the waste toner. The housing has a first thickness corresponding to the waste toner admission portion and a second thickness corresponding to the waste toner collecting portion so that the first thickness is smaller than the second thickness.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080240811A1 CLEANING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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