Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waste powder recovering device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 废粉回收装置及成像装置
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Application No.: US12640066Application Date: 2009-12-17
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Publication No.: US07991344B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Akira Naruse
- Applicant: Akira Naruse
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2008-323957 20081219
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10

Abstract:
A recovery port, through which waste powder is recovered, is formed at one end of a waste powder recovery container. A conveying member for conveying the waste powder, which has been recovered through the recovery port, from one end to the other end is disposed inside the waste powder recovery container. The conveying member includes a first conveying portion positioned on a side of the recovery port, for conveying the waste powder to the other end, and a second conveying portion for dispersing in a widthwise direction the waste powder conveyed by the first conveying portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100158590A1 WASTE POWDER RECOVERING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-06-24
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