Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US13074718Application Date: 2011-03-29
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Publication No.: US08494408B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Hiroshi Nakano , Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Hiroshi Nakano , Shougo Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2010-121924 20100527
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a chassis, a cover, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, primary-transfer members, a secondary-transfer roller, a first feed roller, a cleaner device, a waste toner container, which is movable along the predetermined direction to be removably installed in the chassis through a first opening and stores residual toner, a connector, a first feeding path, a second feeding path being a path for a recording sheet inserted through a sheet inlet and includes a sheet guide to guide the recording sheet, and a second feed roller. The second feed roller is movable along with at least a part of the sheet guide. The waste toner container is movable through space, which is occupied by the second feed roller in an upper position, and the first opening when the second feed roller is in a lower position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110293317A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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