Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having waste toner box
- Patent Title (中): 具有废粉盒的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13605149Application Date: 2012-09-06
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Publication No.: US08532521B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Susumu Sakuma
- Applicant: Susumu Sakuma
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2008-125755 20080513
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit including a plurality of photoconductor drums arranged in tandem; a conveyor belt arranged opposite to the photoconductor drums and configured to convey a recording sheet; and a cleaning unit including a cleaning member positioned in contact with the conveyor belt and configured to collect substance adhering to the conveyor belt, and a receptacle configured to store the substance collected by the cleaning member. The cleaning member is arranged on the same side as the image forming unit with respect to the conveyor belt and upstream from the image forming unit as viewed in a sheet conveyance direction along which the recording sheet is conveyed on the conveyor belt, and the image forming unit and the cleaning unit are pulled out together from a main body of the image forming apparatus toward an upstream side of the sheet conveyance direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120328348A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2012-12-27
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