Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waste toner storage unit and image forming apparatus using same
- Patent Title (中): 废粉调色剂存储单元和使用其的成像设备
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Application No.: US12250079Application Date: 2008-10-13
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Publication No.: US08254823B2Publication Date: 2012-08-28
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Nagashima , Shuji Tanaka , Nobuo Kuwabara , Hiroshi Ono , Ken Amemiya , Masahiko Shakuto , Toshio Koike , Yuji Arai , Michiya Okamoto , Kenji Honjoh
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Nagashima , Shuji Tanaka , Nobuo Kuwabara , Hiroshi Ono , Ken Amemiya , Masahiko Shakuto , Toshio Koike , Yuji Arai , Michiya Okamoto , Kenji Honjoh
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-268344 20071015; JP2008-160010 20080619
- Main IPC: G03G21/12
- IPC: G03G21/12

Abstract:
A waste toner storage unit detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes a waste toner container and an inner cover integrally attached to the waste toner container. The waste toner container stores waste toner recovered after an image forming process. The inner cover is located at a region of the waste toner storage unit that does not store waste toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090097879A1 WASTE TONER STORAGE UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME Public/Granted day:2009-04-16
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