Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer recovery container including a conveying unit including a pipe and image forming apparatus comprising the developer recovery container
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂回收容器包括包括管的输送单元和包括显影剂回收容器的成像设备
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Application No.: US12850195Application Date: 2010-08-04
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Publication No.: US08639132B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Tomonori Sato , Masami Tanase
- Applicant: Tomonori Sato , Masami Tanase
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-265012 20091120
- Main IPC: G03G21/12
- IPC: G03G21/12

Abstract:
A developer recovery container includes a first room that stores a recovered developer; a plurality of linearly obliquely arranged recovery ports facing the first room, a developer removed by a cleaning unit for an intermediate transfer unit and a developer removed by a cleaning unit for a black-image bearing member being dropped in the first room respectively through top one and bottom one of the recovery ports; a second room formed below an area between one of the recovery ports located next to the top recovery port and another recovery port located next to the one recovery port, the developer flowing from the first room to the second room; a conveying unit that conveys the developer in the first room to the second room by a quantity of the developer exceeding a storage limit of the first room; and a sensor that detects the developer in the second room.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110123207A1 DEVELOPER RECOVERY CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-05-26
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