Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13180661Application Date: 2011-07-12
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Publication No.: US08611770B2Publication Date: 2013-12-17
- Inventor: Naoki Mizutani , Naoki Yamane , Kazuya Yamashita , Kohshiroh Tomimori
- Applicant: Naoki Mizutani , Naoki Yamane , Kazuya Yamashita , Kohshiroh Tomimori
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Ostrolenk Faber
- Priority: JPP2010-172217 20100730
- Main IPC: G03G21/12
- IPC: G03G21/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a storage container which horizontally stores a waste toner; a full detection sensor which detects whether the waste toner reaches a full position; a near detection sensor which detects whether the waste toner reaches a near position; and a conveyance portion which is provided inside the storage container, includes an axial rod, and rotates about the axial rod, wherein the conveyance portion includes: a first spiral protrusion which conveys the waste toner to the near position; a second spiral protrusion which conveys the waste toner from the near position to the full position; and a third range which is provided between the first spiral protrusion and the second spiral protrusion and through which the waste toner passes at a speed lower than the conveyance speed of the first spiral protrusion and the second spiral protrusion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120027438A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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