Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image-forming device
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13671298Application Date: 2012-11-07
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Publication No.: US08548351B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Shougo Sato , Susumu Sakuma
- Applicant: Shougo Sato , Susumu Sakuma
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2009-033271 20090216; JP2009-033272 20090216
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image-forming device includes a plurality of developing units, an endless belt, and a cleaning unit. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning member and a conveying unit. The cleaning member contacts the endless belt to clean toner remaining on the endless belt. The conveying unit includes a first conveying unit, a second conveying unit, and a first relaying member. The first relaying member relays the remaining toner conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit, and has a relay-axis. The cleaning member pivots about the relay axis to move between a contacting position for contacting the endless belt and a separating position for separating from the endless belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130064590A1 Image-Forming Device Public/Granted day:2013-03-14
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